Dramatization of how a family living in high-rise inner city flats manage to cope with caring for each other when first their mother and then their father abandon them. Provides many points which could act as stimulus for discussion including perspectives on family relationships, contrasts on single parent and conventional nuclear families, welfare workers and their role, supportive community members, and the warm relationship of the central characters.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
508920
Language
English
Subject categories
Communications, Infrastructure, & Transport → High-rise apartment buildings - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Family - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Single parents
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social service
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Brothers and sisters
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)