Who Does the Sentence?

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Film
A still image from Who Does the Sentence?

When a person is taken into custody, the family of the offender serve “a sentence” of another kind. The Victorian Association for the Care and Rehabilitation of Offenders (VACRO) tries to help these families in its own individual fashion. The film is noted for scenes actually filmed in Pentridge

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Credits

editor

Mark Laidler

Peter Johnson

producer/director

Peter Johnson

production company

Coburg State College

Victorian association for the care and resettlement of offenders

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places
Unknown

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012659

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

U-Matic (low band); Access Print (Section 1)

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