This is a film about art and artists, culture and politics. Through the story of Yosl Bergner, the film reveals a community of Australian painters who sought to create an art that would reflect the great social upheavals of the 1930s and the 1940s. Yosl Bergner, Ruth Bergner, Jim Wigley and Albert Tucker discuss this period. Rated: G
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017505
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists - Australia
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bergner, Yosl, 1920-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Tucker, Albert, 1914-
Crafts & Visual Arts → Wigley, Jim
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Bergner, Yosl, 1920-
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Wigley, Jim
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)