A Shame like Alice. Part 1

Australia, 1983

Film
A still image from A Shame like Alice. Part 1

Episode of Series “Focus”.

In March 1983 Focus spent one week in the Northern Territory looking at the living conditions of First Nations people in the most famous small town in Australia, Alice Springs. Includes interviews with Neville Bonner and Al Grassby.

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Credits

producer

Leonard Lee

production company

Lee Gordon Productions

SBS-TV

Duration

00:25:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Appears in

Group of items

Focus

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325275

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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