East meets West

West is a theatre company made up of actors, musicians and directors. In this program, the members of the company are working together with a Melbourne Vietnamese community and have devised a play which is intended as a welcome to Vietnamese immigrants in Australia. Scenes from rehearsals and excerpts from the performances are included.

How to watch

Access to this work is restricted for legal or cultural reasons.

Learn more about accessing our collection

Collection

In ACMI's collection

Credits

producer/director

Ivan Hexter

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1985

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016899

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Vietnamese - Australia

Music & Performing Arts → Performing arts

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Betamax; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

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 on Wikipedia

If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/78309--east-meets-west/ |title=East meets West |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=3 October 2023 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}

Australia, 1985