Films found one film Keywords "Gender Role and Identity" x Directors "Pollack, Claire" x Region British-Irish Isles 1 Country United Kingdom 1 Keywords Gender Role and Identity 1 x Socioeconomic conditions 1 Squatter Settlements / Homelessness 1 Directors Longinotto, Kim 1 Pollack, Claire 1 x Series not set 1 Country of production United Kingdom 1 Year of production 1979 1 Film Theatre Girls 1979 57' Directed by Kim Longinotto Claire Pollack. The “Theatre Girls Club” is a hostel for homeless, destitute and alcoholic women in Soho, London. It is run by six paid workers and it is the only hostel in London which takes any women at any time. The filmmakers lived in the hostel for more than two months, establishing an extraordinary level of trust with their “cast” —from the home’s feisty cook to an elderly resident who was a terminal alcoholic. In what will later be recognized as a signature style, Longinotto films without judgement and finds the humor and humanity in situations and characters that might otherwise be seen as tragic. British-Irish Isles Squatter Settlements / Homelessness Socioeconomic conditions Gender Role and Identity