Theatre Girls

Synopsis: The Theatre Girls Club was a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. Run by six paid workers, it was the only hostel in London which to take any women at any time. The filmmakers lived in the hostel for more than two months, establishing an extraordinary level of trust with their "cast" from the home’s feisty cook to an elderly resident who was a terminal alcoholic. The last film Kim Longinotto made while she was at the National Film and Television School.
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Year of release: 2006
Year of production: 1979
Subjects: Social welfare; Sociology; Film Studies
Keywords: documentary films; homelessness; residential care; women’s refuges

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