Letting go

This drama explores the communication difficulties and differences in values between the generations in a fairly typical Australian family. Conflict reaches a crisis point when the seventeen-year-old daughter decides to leave home and live with her boyfriend. Cast includes: Robyn Nevin, John Ewart, Karena Menzie, Miranda Cartledge, Jeremy Scrivener, Phillip Priest.

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Credits

production company

Tasmanian Film Corporation

producer/director

Anne Whitehead

Duration

00:28:47:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014861

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Docudrama

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Conflict of generations

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Conflict of generations

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Family relationships

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Conflict of generations

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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Australia, 1981

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