Life at the top | Melissa Juhanson | 1990 | ACMI collection

Radiating from dreary Housing Commission high-rise flats come the personalities of colourful individuals who have created their own worlds in a potentially depressing situation. The dull grey concrete of these Commission flats hides a complex and appealing world where a theatre woman celebrates her past, a man makes surprising use of all the flotsam and jetsam of his life, and each person has a small story to tell.

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Credits

director

Melissa Juhanson

creator

Melissa Juhanson

producer

VCA

Duration

00:25:52:00

Production dates

1990

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1003557

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

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