Teenage blues

Australia, 1985

Film
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Episode number 7 of Series “Not suitable for adults”.
An episode on boredom, boredom and more boredom. Teenagers, in a set of comic sketches, explore the “nowhere to go, nothing to do syndrome”. Once they take up the challenge of organising the school social, they realise that a creative and positive approach to overcoming boredom can solve the problem.

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Credits

director

Garry Dunstan

producer

Pat Hunder

production company

Australia. Special Broadcasting Service

It's About Time

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1985

Appears in

Not suitable for adults

Group of items

Not suitable for adults

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325385

Language

English

Subject categories

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Teenagers

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Teenagers

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Boredom

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Teenagers

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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