Squinka

Australia, 1980

Film
Please note

Sorry, we don't have images or video for this item.

A film about the power a Squinka medallion has over a group of young people and how it becomes a mnemonic for the group as they search for jobs. After some argument they exchange their individual interpretations of what Squinka means. They discuss how Squinka can be used to guide individual careers.

Credits

director

Peter G. Scott

production company

Peter G. Scott

Language

English

Duration

00:20:00:00

Colour

Colour

ACMI Identifier

33207

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Career education

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Occupations

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Career education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Psychology - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Youth - Conduct of life

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Psychology - Study and teaching

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Youth - Conduct of life

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Holdings

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

Please note: this archive is an ongoing body of work. Sometimes the credit information (director, year etc) isn’t available so these fields may be left blank; we are progressively filling these in with further research.

Cite this work

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/77428--squinka/ |title=Squinka |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=19 January 2021 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}