For love or money: a history of women and work in Australia

Australia, 1983

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Tells the story of women’s working lives throughout Australia’s history. Juxtaposes clips from feature films, home movies, newsreels and documentaries with radio shows, diaries, popular songs, letters and interviews. Explores the challenges that face women in the nuclear age. Narrated by Noni Hazlehurst; edited by Margot Nash; music by Elizabeth Drake.

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Credits

production company

Flashback Films

Film Makers

Megan McMurchy

Margot Nash

Margot Oliver

Jeni Thornley

Duration

01:49:04:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

323800

Language

English

Audience classification

Exempt

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Home movies and video

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Hours of work - Australia

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work - Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Labor and laboring classes - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Women - Employment

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → Australia - History

History → History

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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