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An Australian film reader / edited by Albert Moran and Tom O'Regan Sydney: Currency Press, 1985.
Call No: 71(94) AUSAuthor: Moran, Albert, 1942 ; O'Regan, Tom, 1956 Place: SydneyPublisher: Currency PressPubDate: 1985PhysDes: 391 p. ; 21 cmSeries: Australian screenSubject: FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; DOCUMENTARY FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; AVANT-GARDE FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; SUPER-8 MM FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; WOMEN IN FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; BERESFORD, BRUCE ; WEIR, PETER ; CHAUVEL, CHARLES ; Grierson, John ; HALL, KEN G. ; SENTIMENTAL BLOKE, THE (AT, Raymond Longford, 1919) ; GALLIPOLI (AT, Peter Weir, 1981) ; SCHOOL IN THE MAILBOX (AT, Stanley Haews, 1946?) ; FROM THE TROPICS TO THE SNOW (AT, ?, 1964) ; BIG COUNTRY, A (AT, 1979) ; LAST TASMANIAN, THE (AT, Tom Haydon, 1978) ; MAN FROM SNOWY RIVER, THE (AT, George T. Miller, 1982) ; SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS (AT, Helen Grace, 1983) ; INDONESIA CALLING (AT, Joris Ivens, 1948) Notes: Includes index; Bibliography: p. 376-379ISBN: 086819123X (pbk.) : $24.95 AustLON: anb86819123; 4105507
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Don't shoot darling! : women's independent filmmaking in Australia / edited by Annette Blonski, Barbara Creed, Freda Freiberg Richmond, Vic.: Greenhouse, 1987.
Call No: 462-02(94) DONCopy Management: Copy 1; Copy 2Author: Blonski, Annette ; Creed, Barbara ; Freiberg, Freda Place: Richmond, Vic.Publisher: GreenhousePubDate: 1987PhysDes: 400 p. : ill., facsims., ports. ; 28 cmSubject: WOMEN AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; WOMEN FILM WORKERS. AUSTRALIA ; INDEPENDENT FILMMAKERS. AUSTRALIA ; INDEPENDENT FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; EXPERIMENTAL FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; FEMINISM AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; ADDIS, ERIKA ; ANSARA, MARTHA ; ASH, EVE ; CANTRILL, ARTHUR & CORINNE ; FISKE, PAT ; GIBSON, SARAH ; GRACE, HELEN ; LAMBERT, SUSAN ; HARTMAN, RIVKA ; HOASS, SOLRUN ; KEARNEY, BRIANN ; KELLY, GABRIELLE ; ROLLE, DI ; SCHWARZ, MONIQUE ; THORNLEY, JENI ; TILSON, ALISON ; ARMSTRONG, GILLIAN ; CAMPION, JANE ; BEHIND CLOSED DOORS (AT, Sarah Gilbert & Susan Lambert, 1980) ; IN THIS LIFE'S BODY (AT, Corinne Cantrill, 1987) ; FOR LOVE OR MONEY (AT, Megan McMurchy & Jeni Thornley, 1983) ; MY LIFE WITHOUT STEVE (AT, Gillian Leahy, 1986) ; WE AIM TO PLEASE (AT, Robin Laurie & Margot Nash, 1977) ; SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS (AT, Helen Grace, 1983) ; SONG OF CEYLON, A (AT, Laleen S.B. Jayamanne, 1984) Summary: Don't shoot darling! affirms the significant role played by women filmmakers. Various contributors examine the institutions and organisation which provide support for women's films; the achievements and limitations of affirmative action training schemes for women; and the reception and coverage of women's independent films by the press. A number of particular films - among them, For love or mone, My life without Steve, Serious Undertakings and Behind closed doors - are analused from feminist critical perspectives, and the book includes a collection of statements by individual women filmmakers about their own experiences and attitudes. -- Back coverNotes: Includes bibliographical references and indexesISBN: 0864360584 : price unknownLON: anb86436058; 5042996Contents: Preface -- Beginnings -- Big brother - women and the state -- Feminist initiatives -- Training and affirmative action -- Personal statements -- The press -- Textual analysis
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SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS : (AT, Helen Grace, 1983)
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Visions of independents : an AFI national film event Sydney: Australian Film Institute, 1984.
Call No: 721.210.4 VISCorpAuthor: Australian Film InstituteEdition: 1984Place: SydneyPublisher: Australian Film InstitutePubDate: 1984PhysDes: 28 p. : illus. ; 21 cmSubject: INDEPENDENT FILMS ; CONFERENCES. AUSTRALIA ; OUT (US, Eli Hollander, 1982) ; PROSTITUTE (UK, Tony Garnett, 1980) ; STATIONS (AT, Jackie McKimmie, 1983) ; THIS WOMAN IS NOT A CAR (AT, Margaret Dodd, 1982) ; CHAN IS MISSING (US, Wayne Wang, 1982) ; NIGHT OF SHADOWS (AT, Brian Thompson, 1983) ; ON GUARD (AT, Susan Lambert, 1984) ; GREETINGS FROM WOLLONGONG (AT, Mary Callaghan, 1982) ; GIRL'S OWN STORY, A (AT, Jane Campion, 1983) ; GHOST DANCE (UK/GW, Ken Mullen, 1983) ; IMPOSTORS (GW/US, Mark Rappaport, 1979) ; LAST NIGHT AT THE ALAMO (US, Eagle Pennell, 1983) ; BUCKEYE AND PINTO (AT, Phil Pinder, 1979) ; DOZENS, THE (US, Christine Dall and Randall Conrad, 1980) ; EVERY DAY, EVERY NIGHT (AT, Kathy Mueller, 1984) ; FORDS ON WATER (UK, Barry Bliss, 1983) ; KILLER OF SHEEP (US, Charles Burnett, 1978) ; SLOW MOVES (US, Jon Jost, 1984) ; ASHES AND EMBERS (US, Haile Gerima, 1982) ; JOE'S BED-STUY AND BARBERSHOP: WE CUT HEADS (US, Spike Lee, 1983) ; QUEENSLAND (AT, John Ruane, 1975) ; BROTHERS AND SISTERS (UK, Richard Woolley, 1980) ; KING BLANK (US, Michael Oblowitz, 1982) ; CAFE OF LOVE (AT, Jinks Dulhunty, 1982) ; EMERALD CITIES (US, Richard R. Schmidt, 1983) ; VOICE OVER (UK, Chris Monger, 1981) ; SHADOWPLAY (UK, Oliver Stapleton, 1980) ; EXITS (AT, Paul Davies & Pat Laughren & Carolyn Howard, 1980) ; FILLETING MACHINE, THE (UK, Murray Martin, 1981) ; OUTSIDE IN (UK/GW/NE, Stephen Dwoskin, 1981) ; PLAINS OF HEAVEN, THE (AT, Ian Pringle, 1982) ; SMITHEREENS (US, Susan Seidelman, 1982) ; GOING DOWN (AT, Haydn Keenan, 1982) ; RETURN OF THE SECAUCUS SEVEN (US, John Sayles, 1980) ; AGAINST THE GRAIN (AT, Tim Burns, 1980) ; SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS (AT, Helen Grace, 1983) ; WRONG SIDE OF THE ROAD (AT, Ned Lander, 1981) ; PURE S (AT, Bert Deling, 1976) ; GAL YOUNG UN (US, Victor Nunez, 1979) ; BURNING AN ILLUSION (UK, Menelik Shabazz, 1981) ; HEARTLAND (US, Richard Pearce, 1979) ; LOOKS AND SMILES (UK, Kenneth Loach, 1981) Notes: Programme for a season of international independent films supporting the 'visions of independence' conference held in Sydney, 29 August - 1 September 1984.
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Women directors dominate 1983 Greater Union Awards in Australasian Cinema (13/5/1983) vol.12 iss.8 p.1
PhysDes: ArticleSubject: GREATER UNION ; WOMEN AND THE CINEMA. AUSTRALIA ; SHORT FILMS. AUSTRALIA ; DANCE OF DEATH (AT, Dennis Tupicoff, 1983 ) ; PEEL (AT, Jane Campion, 1982) ; STATIONS (AT, Jackie McKimmie, 1983) ; SERIOUS UNDERTAKINGS (AT, Helen Grace, 1983) ; FIRST CONTACT (AT, Bob Connolly & Robin Anderson, 1983) ; LION IN THE DOORWAY, THE (AT, John Pradhubodh Walker, 1983) ; MORE TRICKS THAN WE HAVE (AT, Cinemedia, 1982) ; THREE HORSEMEN (AT, David & Judith MacDougall, 1982) Summary: Article on the films nominated for the Greater Union Awards for Australian Short Films, with a high percentage being dircted by women.
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