Bread and Roses is a 1993 biographical film showing significant episodes in the political life of socialist and feminist Sonja Davies, based on her autobiography of the same name.
[1] She is portrayed from her early years to her election to the Nelson Hospital Board.
[2] Made as a Suffrage Year tribute to the women of New Zealand.
[2] Helen Martin says the film is fascinating as a social history, showing her empathy with working class women.
[1] The film was shown on television in four episodes in October 1993.