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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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
014880
Language
English
Subject categories
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
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)