Half and Half

Australia

Film
A still image from Half and Half

Episode of Series “School’s Out”.
Prejudice, language and cultural differences are among the difficulties faced in school by migrant children. After school the problems are more pronounced: they feel halfway between their parents’ culture and the Australian lifestyle

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Credits

producer

Robin Hughes

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia

Appears in

Group of items

School's Out

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323292

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Community and school

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Prejudices

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

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

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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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