Media
Reviews
★★★
“This is a serious documentary but it is full of humour.”
The Australian
★★★★
“A document that sits at the
intersection of multiple injustices.”
The Reel Bits
“A fist-bumping,
fired-up feminist treat.”
TimeOut
“A story of perseverance and comradeship
told with emotion and humour.”
Film Ink
“Director Robynne Murphy steps through the ups, downs, ins and outs of a movement that she was a part of forty years ago, which gives her film an impassioned and vital feel.”
Concrete Playground
“The Jobs for Women campaign is well worth celebrating, and this fine documentary does that very well indeed.”
Inside Story
Media stories
Women of Steel to raise vital funds
Midland Express, 23 February 2021
Women of Steel sharing incredible tale of women's fight to work at BHP
Milton Ulladulla Times, 5 JANUARY 2021
Women of Steel: Robynne Murphy on the historic Jobs for Women campaign
RTR FM 92.1, 8 DECEMBER 2020
Women of Steel – Documentary
RTR FM 92.1, 2 DECEMBER 2020
Jobs for Women film proves a hit in Perth
Green Left Weekly, 30 NOVEMBER 2020
‘Women of Steel’, a lasting legacy for women in Australia
A Rich Life, 17 NOVEMBER 2020
Women who humbled BHP celebrated in film
The Senior, 17 NOVEMBER 2020
Robynne Murphy wins History Council of NSW award for Women of Steel.
Moruya Examiner, 12 NOVEMBER 2020
Jobs for women: Anatomy of a win
Green Left Weekly, 29 MAY 2020
On the Couch with Robynne Murphy
Arts Review, 5 JUNE 2020
Nelligen director a finalist in Sydney Film Festival
About Regional, 2 JUNE 2020
Meet the Macedonian woman who found herself going head to head with BHP
SBS Insight, 9 SEPT 2019
The migrant women who took on an Australian mining giant over the right to work
SBS News, 10 JUNE 2020
Robynne Murphy and the Women of Steel
The Australian Workers’ Union, 4 MARCH 2020
AWU Women Of Steel make history in feature documentary
The Guardian, 8 JUNE 2020
Steel reels: documentary captures landmark jobs for women campaign
Brisbane Times, 9 JUNE 2020
Women of Steel documentary about 14-year fight to work in Wollongong steel industry gets shortlisted
Illawarra Mercury, 27 MAY 2020
Awards
Winner- Melbourne Documentary Film Festival 2021
Melbourne Documentary Film Festival, OCTOBER 2021
Shortlisted- NSW Premier's Digital History Award 2021
State Library NSW, SEPTEMBER 2021
WINNER - The Macquarie-PHA Applied History Award 2020
History Council NSW, NOVEMBER 2020
Finalist - ATOM Award 2020 Best Documentary - Social & Political Issues
Australian Teachers of Media Award, NOVEMBER 2020
Finalist - ATOM Award 2020 Best Documentary - History
Australian Teachers of Media Award, NOVEMBER 2020
Finalist - Documentary Australia Foundation Award Best Australian Documentary
Sydney Film Festival 2020, MAY 2020
Film Stills
Media Resources
Media contacts
Director:
Robynne Murphy
womenofsteelfilm@gmail.com
Materials
Download press kit here
Download high res film poster here
Download low res film poster here
Trailer links
Youtube: https://youtu.be/-22E8ltWs-M
