Susan

Australia, 1976

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Episode of Series “Why can’t they be like we were?”.
Susan is the fifteen-year-old daughter of migrant parents and withwhom she is in conflict. She is trying to gain self-knowledge, and to sort out the problems she has with her parents, peer group and boyfriend.

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Credits

director

Jason Ollivier

producer

Tom Manefield

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:11:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1976

Appears in

Group of items

Why can't they be like we were?

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012712

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → City and town life

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → City and town life

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Conflict of generations

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Youth

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Assertiveness in adolescence

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

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Conflict of generations

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Interpersonal conflict

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Relationships

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Conduct of life

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Youth

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Adolescent psychology

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Assertiveness in adolescence

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict (Psychology)

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict of generations

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Interpersonal conflict

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Peer pressure

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenagers - Conduct of life

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Youth

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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