Jim Serafim goes to School

Australia, 1979

Episode of Series “Our multicultural society”.
A Greek child’s first day at school. Demonstrates the difficulties non-English speaking children and their parents have in their “new” country.

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Credits

director

David Roberts

producer

Jan Sharp

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:10:28:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1979

Appears in

Group of items

Our multicultural society

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

005692

Language

English

Audience classification

Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Greeks - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Language and culture

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Assimilation (Sociology)

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Greeks - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social problems

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education, Primary

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Language and culture

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children of immigrants

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

Wikidata

Q120304930

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