The Artist, the Peasant = L'artista, Il Contadino

Artist Giuseppe Mercuri dreamed of emigrating to Australia with his family in the 1950’s but was refused entry on account of his Communist Party membership and only now has he been allowed entry to visit the country of his dreams. His work captures the reflective nature of the people and lifestyle of Calabria, the area in which he was born. In this film his nephew, Franco di Chiera has documented faithfully Mercuri’s life from the hardships of his youth through the years of creative achievement and finally to his long awaited trip to Australia which meant the fulfilment of a lifetime dream.

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Credits

producer/director

Franco Di Chiera

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:56:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1990

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325097

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Crafts & Visual Arts → Artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Mercuri, Giuseppe

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Italian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

People → Mercuri, Giuseppe

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Australia, 1990

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