The Last days work

It is not just the threatening capacity of global nuclear war nor the disfiguration of natural ecological forces but rather it is the work people do that indicates the end of their use on this planet. If not destructive and wasteful in its own right modern work relies on others being so. This is a critical film essay about the final phase of work. It is built in seven parts which correspond to each day of the week.

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Credits

director

Brian McKenzie

Duration

01:40:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1987

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017761

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Work

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1987

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