John Blight

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
An insightful and humorous conversation with the renowned Queensland poet brimming with anecdotes about the Depression and the development of his poetry.

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Credits

producer/director

Peter Campbell

Duration

00:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1984

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Group of items

Australia Council archival film series: writers I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017692

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Blight, John

Literature → Poetry

People → Blight, John

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1984

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