Old Union

<p> Old Union is the life's journey of Sam and Emily Wright who become of age in the Great Depression. Sam as a boy walks 550 miles from outback New South Wales with a single obsession to go to sea. The 1935 seamen's strike pits seaman against seaman strikebreaker against militant the strong against the weak a futile struggle that will gut a union of seamen. </p><p>Sam matures in the turbulent years of war and the political upheavals dividing Australia. A coming of age in an era of persecution against political beliefs union demonizing and a working class demanding a fair share of a new and modern world. </p><p>To save a life Sam walks away from the sea but never loses what beats in his heart the equality of man and his right to a voice.</p>