Broken white line

Australia, 1980

Film
A still image from Broken white line (A)

A documentation of the role of an Aboriginal social worker, depicting the enormity of the problems he is called upon to help solve in the Aboriginal community. DUE TO THE NATURE OF THE MATERIAL, TEACHER PREVIEW OF THE FILM BEFORE CLASSROOM SCREENING IS ESSENTIAL.

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Credits

production company

White Trash

Duration

00:55:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303329

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

Collected

1 times

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