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The Spag [released version]

Australia, 1962
film

Director Giorgio Mangiamele produced the first examples of multicultural cinema in this country. ‘The Spag’ was shot in the streets of Carlton and..

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No love for Luigi

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A Short portrait of Dennis Spiteri

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People make papers

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