A New dress (35 years of family sewing)

Australia, 2004

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Bev Scott has been making clothes for her family for thirty years. To the sporadic background sound of a sewing machine, family members are interviewed showing their home-made clothes to describe the woman who created them.
Filmed by Malcolm McKinnon and featuring Bev Scott, Heather Scott, Robyn Ritchie, Erin Ritchie and Lauren Ritchie. Made in collaboration with Showcase Wangaratta.

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Credits

production company

Museums Australia (Victoria)

Duration

00:04:46:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2004

Appears in

Group of items

Stories from regional Victoria

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006792

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Biographical

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Family

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Motherhood

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Memory

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

Mini DV; Sub-master

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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