Beat manifesto

Australia, 1995

Film

Hamish is a poet. He lives on a farm in the Australian Bush where he writes about the rural experience. His ambition is to become a Beat poet and travel to New York where he can read his poetry in a real jazz club. The experience is not what he anticpates. This film has been nominated and won several awards in Film Festivals world-wide including Venice and the AFI Awards.

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Credits

director

Daniel Nettheim

producer

Shilo McClean

production company

AFTRS

Duration

00:17:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1995

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