If there were such a thing, Les Murray would be the Poet Laureate of Australia. In this amusing, lyrical documentary, Don Featherstone has succeeded in capturing the essence of one of our finest poets, a man totally at home in the country round Bunyah N.S.W., farming for a living and writing poems. Interviews with the endearing Les Murray are interspersed with readings of his poems set to suitably beautiful images of the area and people which inspired them. Winner of the Gold Plaque, Chicago International Film Festival 1991.
Credits
producer/director
Don Featherstone
production company
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
Don Featherstone Productions
Language
English
Duration
00:54:00:00
Colour
Colour
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
37549
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - United States - Chicago - Awards
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Interviews
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Archival materials
Archival, Cinemagazines & Newsreels → Interviews
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Literature → Australian literature
Literature → Literature
Literature → Murray, Les A. (Les Allan), 1938-
Literature → Poets - Biography
Literature → Poets, Australian
People → Interviews
People → Murray, Les A. (Les Allan), 1938-
People → Poets - Biography
Sound/audio
Sound
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)