More smokes less lollies

Australia, 1981

Film
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Edited version of “Fourteen’s Good, Eighteen’s Better” and sequel to “Smokes and Lollies”, this is the second part in a planned four part longitudinal study of three young women in Adelaide who reflect on their past and futures as 18 year-olds: one single, another married and expeecting her first baby and the third divorced with two children. Each discusses her teenage years and attitude to marriage, sex and abortion. Suitable for middle and upper secondary and tertiary levels.

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Credits

director

Gillian Armstrong

Gillian Armstrong

co-producer

Gillian Armstrong

Hilary Linstead

Timothy Read

production company

Big Picture

Film Australia

M and L

M and L

Duration

00:24:43:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014880

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Abortion

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescence

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Adolescent parents

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Single parents

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenage pregnancy

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Social conditions

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Abortion

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescence

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Adolescent parents

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Pregnancy, Adolescent

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage girls

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage girls - Sexual behavior

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage marriage

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenage pregnancy

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

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers - Sexual behavior

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

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Pregnancy, Adolescent

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage girls

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage marriage

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenage pregnancy

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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