Norm and Ahmed (Captioned)

Twenty years after its creation, Norm and Ahmed, remains a classic in Australian literature. This video of the play features the well-known actor Max Cullen as Norm and Alex Pinder as Ahmed. The action centres on a midnight meeting between Norm, an average Australian, who embodies the ocker image and Ahmed, an urbane Pakistan student. The chance encounter starts off in a friendly enough manner, but underneath Norm’s veneer of mateyness lies a distrust of the unfamiliar and a defensiveness which turns nasty when Norm feels threatened. The themes of racism and prejudices in the play are still pertinent today.

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Credits

director

Karl McPhee

producer

Tristram Miall

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:41:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1988

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

300724

Language

English

Subject categories

Adaptations

Closed captioning

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Race discrimination

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1988

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