The Good oil

Australia, 1980

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Episode of Series “The Law”.
A funny, true to life story about a group of residents and their conflict with a nearby factory management. The residents’ indignation over sleepless nights and spoiled washing has its funny moments but the way is opened for serious questions about our changing environment

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Credits

editor

Wayne Le Clos

director

Keith Gow

producer

Elisabeth Knight

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:13:32:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Appears in

The Law

Group of items

The Law

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

013587

Language

English

Subject categories

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Air - Pollution

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Environmental protection - Citizen participation

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Factory and trade waste - Environmental aspects

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Pollution - Environmental aspects

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Civil rights - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social conflict

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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