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Unfair!
Directed by B.S. Johnson, this trade union short depicts an argument between a worker and his employer.
Director: B.S. Johnson
Overview
This incredibly strange short film was commissioned by the union ACTT (Association of Cinematograph, Television and allied Technicians, of which the filmmaker and novelist B.S. Johnson was a member) as part of its action against the Industrial Relations Bill passed by parliament in 1971.
This title is also available on the DVD/Blu-ray 'You're Human Like the Rest of Them: The films of B.S. Johnson' in the BFI Flipside collection..
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