Drawing the line

Cartoonists Patrick Cook, Bruce Petty and Les Tanner take the audience through the growth of the nation depicted in its cartoons, and compare the attitudes of contemporary and early Australian society. Exploits a rich heritage of political cartooning.

Credits

production company

Film Australia

producer

Malcolm Otton

director

Ian Walker

Duration

00:20:17:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014395

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Mass media - Political aspects

Crafts & Visual Arts → Caricatures and cartoons

Crafts & Visual Arts → Cartoonists - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Cook, Patrick, 1949-

Crafts & Visual Arts → Petty, Bruce, 1929-

Crafts & Visual Arts → Tanner, Les (Leslie Mervyn), 1927-

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

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Mass media - Political aspects

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

People → Cook, Patrick, 1949-

People → Petty, Bruce, 1929-

People → Tanner, Les (Leslie Mervyn), 1927-

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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Australia, 1980

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