Sonja Davies became widely known when a film based on her 1984 autobiography, Bread and roses, was released in 1992. She is pictured on the film set, standing between a locomotive and truck from the 1940s. Focusing on the years of her political awakening, the film (directed by Gaylene Preston) was a fitting tribute to a long career of fighting for political change.
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Alexander Turnbull Library, Dominion Post Collection (PAColl-7327)
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EP/1993/4561/11A-F
Photograph by Ross Giblin
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