The Melbourne Cinémathèque & ACMI present
The Gold Diggers
When
Wed 20 May 2026
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Made with an entirely female crew and partially shot in Iceland by Babette Mangolte (Akerman’s Jeanne Dielman…), this landmark of 1980s feminist counter-cinema emerged from a unique moment in film history. When the film’s protagonist (Christie) has to try to recollect her memories in order to discover who (or what) she is, the viewer shares her labour in putting the fragments together.
An inventive and provocative fantasy of song and dance featuring an abundance of allegorical motifs, forking narratives and cinematic riddles, its wilfulness and “determination to laugh in the face of [male] power” (So Mayer) unsettled many contemporary critics.
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Australia's longest-running film society, Melbourne Cinémathèque screens significant works of international cinema in the medium they were created, the way they would have originally screened.
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