A survivor for whom mere survival was not enough
Based upon the life of activist and trade unionist (and later MP) Sonja Davies. The film covers her life up to 1956, when, at age 33, she was elected to the Nelson Hospital Board. During this period she develops strong socialist beliefs, marries and divorces, at age 17 trains as a nurse, has a romance (and a child) with an American marine who is killed in WWII action. She battles tuberculosis and marries a former boyfriend when he returns from the war. She becomes part of a women's ill-fated campaign to save the Nelson railway line from closure and begins to be elected to political bodies.
Gaylene Preston
Director
Geneviève Picot
Sonja
Mick Rose
Charlie
Donna Akersten
mrs. Mackersey
Raymond Hawthorne
Mr. Mackersey
Tina Regtien
Con
Erik Thomson
Red
Theresa Healey
Peggy
Frances Kewene
Maisie
Emily Perkins
Joan
The Court-Martial of Billy Mitchell68%
Waiting for Anya62%
The Cut58%
The Last Rifleman66%
The War Below67%
The Long Voyage Home66%
If These Walls Could Talk66%
Flying Tigers62%
Won't Back Down61%
The Cruel Sea69%
400 Bullets69%
I Believe in Unicorns64%
The Dam Busters69%
Born in Flames61%
Return64%
Oranges and Sunshine69%
Tobruk64%
The Way Ahead65%
Woman of Straw62%
One of Our Aircraft Is Missing66%
