Among the Hardwoods
Uncredited, Australia, 10 mins, 1936, Digital BetacamSet in Western Australia and filmed by the legendary Bert Ive, this short harks back to the day when felling trees was viewed as a respected activity.
A poetic visual essay on the nature and value of work.
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Mike and Stefani
Maslyn Williams, Australia, 57 mins, 1949, Digital Betacam
Made for the Department of Immigration just after World War II, Mike and Stefani follows a group of displaced persons from their refugee camp in a devastated Germany to their new home in Australia.
A romantic and gritty realist drama made to counter criticism that 'undesirables' were slipping through the net and to encourage Australians to accept new waves of non-British immigrants.
