Meanings
nounslum dweller (plural slum dwellers)
plural slum dwellers
- alternativeAlternative form of slumdweller.
In 1936, Anstey had co-directed Housing Problems, which featured direct dialogue recording - allowing the subjects of the film to speak for themselves. As Anstey said: "At the time nobody had done it, and we gave slum dwellers a chance to make their own films."
2021 March 10, Greg Morse, “Telling the railway's story on film”, in RAIL, number 926, page 42
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