A.D. Hope

Australia, 1975

Film
A still image from A.D. Hope

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
A D Hope talks in this entertaining interview of his childhood and its influence on his poetry, and the conflict with his life as a critic and academic.

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Credits

producer/director

Keith Salvat

Duration

00:36:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1975

Appears in

Group of items

Australia Council archival film series: writers I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017695

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Hope, A. D.

Literature → Poetry

People → Hope, A. D.

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

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