A film about the problems of unemployment. Interspersed with comments from sympathetic as well as unsympathetic ‘experts’, four young people living in Prahran tell their stories of largely unfortunate experiences with employers and government institutions.
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001609
Language
English
Subject categories
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Employment attitudes
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Job hunting
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Unemployment - Australia
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Public administration
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social values
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployed - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Unemployment - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Youth
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Youth - Employment
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Youth - Employment
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Youth
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Youth
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)