Hal Porter

Episode of Series “Australia Council archival film series: writers I”.
A witty, biting commentary about life and an author’s place in it. Hal Porter reminisces about teaching, acting, producing for the theatre, and his life in Melbourne, Bairnsdale and Japan.

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Credits

producer/director

Keith Salvat

Duration

00:48:00:00

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

017699

Language

English

Subject categories

Literature → Australian literature

Literature → Authors, Australian

Literature → Porter, Hal, 1911-1984

People → Porter, Hal, 1911-1984

Sound/audio

Sound

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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Australia, 1975