The Human Jigsaw

This program is a story of rehabilitation that is told by ex-drug addicts and workers from a drug treatment centre

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Credits

director

David E. Barrow

producer

Don Murray

production company

Film Australia

writer

David E. Barrow

Duration

00:49:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016820

Language

English

Subject categories

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

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Narcotic habit

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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Australia, 1984

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