Kylie Tennant

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
Kylie Tennant drew her inspiration from people she knew, and her exuberant interview is in itself a valuable piece of Australian social history.

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Credits

producer/director

Erika Addis

production company

Rat Flicks

Duration

00:45:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Appears in

Group of items

Australia Council archival film series: writers I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017694

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Literature

Literature → Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988

Literature → Women authors

People → Tennant, Kylie, 1912-1988

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

Collected

1 times

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Australia, 1987