Excursion to the bridge of friendship

A sophisticated Sydney woman gets back to her cultural roots in this wonderful black and white musical tale of female bonding and Bulgarian folk singers. Christina Andreef packs this joyful short with plenty of spirit as it briskly reinvents and updates the classic Hollywood movie musical maxim of ‘putting on a show’.

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Credits

director

Christina Andreef

creator

Christina Andreef

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1992

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1005868

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Multiculturalism

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Holdings

Digital Betacam; Master

Digital Betacam; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

Text; Documentation

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Australia, 1992