Christina Stead

Australia, 1980

Film
A still image from Christina Stead

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
In the only filmed interview with one of Australia’s most popular and respected novelists, Christina Stead is both challenging and revealing.

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Credits

producer/director

Haydn Keenan

Duration

00:46:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1980

Appears in

Group of items

Australia Council archival film series: writers I

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017698

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Stead, Christina, 1902-1983

Literature → Women authors

People → Stead, Christina, 1902-1983

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

Collected

2 times

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