Five housewives, living in a housing estate in outer Adelaide, tell how they organized a mutual self-help group to overcome the boredom, frustration and loneliness of living in suburbia.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
010794
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Women - Interviews
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Women - Australia
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community development, Urban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Sociology, Urban
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Suburbs
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Housewives
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Women - Australia
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-actualization (Psychology)
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Self-reliance
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Suburbs
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)