Democracy

This program documents the minute details of the “little” man’s campaign for Federal Election. Peter McIlwaine, the local chemist, stands for the marginal NSW Liberal-held seat of Cook. We see him with the branch’s hard-working party faithfuls struggling with limited resources, and we see him in awkward meetings with his leaders.

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production company

Film Australia

director

Graham Chase

Duration

01:15:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1986

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

012775

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Politics and government

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Democracy

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

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Sound

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Australia, 1986

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