Dad's Girl/Common Ground

Australia, 1989

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Episode of Series “The Breakthrough series”.
In “Dad’s Girl” we meet Janea who lives with her mother and still misses her father years after the divorce. She discusses the effect of her parents’ divorce on her life. In “Common Ground”, Sean’s experience of his parents’ divorce and his new step-father are shown along with the changes he makes to adapt to his new family situation.

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Credits

co-director

Judy Menczel

Martin Daley

co-producer

Pamela Williams

Ron Saunders

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1989

Appears in

The Breakthrough series

Group of items

The Breakthrough series

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ACMI Identifier

324179

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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