God or Politics: Tom Keneally in Eritrea

Episode of Series “Creative Spirits Series”.
This documentary follows Tom Keneally as he retraces the journey made when he researched the novel “Towards Amsara” two years ago. The novel is set in a war-zone amongst the Eritrean people as they struggle to regain the independence taken from them by the Ethiopians twenty five years ago. Keneally reveals a remarkable society comprised of camouflaged schools and hospitals, factories hidden in deep caves, great food distribution dumps and ravaged biblical towns. He encounters again the real people he turned into fictional characters in his book.

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Credits

producer

Don Featherstone

Duration

00:52:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1990

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Group of items

Creative Spirits Series

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

324332

Language

English

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Eritrea (Ethiopia)

Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Literature → Literature

Places → Eritrea (Ethiopia)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

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Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1990