A series of five, half-hour documentaries, made for television, that examine very different challenges facing five contemporary Australian families. The filmmakers’ methods range from strictly observational (fly-on-the-wall), to active involvement (where the director is a participant in the family’s drama). Each episode features a different family facing a turning point in its collective life, that forces family members to face challenges of love, loyalty and change, whether they are striving to find a place within one’s family, to keep a family together, to create a new family or to change an old one. A study guide is available from http://www.roninfilms.com.au/related/2365104851-0.pdf
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
S01453
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Family - Social aspects
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children - Family relationships
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour