Aboriginal Family Education Centre: Alexandria 1972

A record of the Van Leewin project’s Aboriginal Family Education Centre in Redfern, Sydney. Parents learn with their children, mothers record the children’s activities with video. Differences between black and white cultural values are articulated and clarified.

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Credits

producer/director

Tom Cowan

Duration

00:18:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1973

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013558

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Children

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Education

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - New South Wales - Sydney

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1973

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