form y separately published work icon Creative Spirits series - publisher   film/TV  
Issue Details: First known date: 1990... 1990 Creative Spirits
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A series of biographical profiles on well-known Australian creatives. The episodes are (in order) 'Difficult Pleasure' (painter Brett Whiteley); 'The Wizard from Oz' (jazz virtuoso James Morrison); 'Astonish Me' (choreographer Graeme Murphy); 'God or Politics' (author Tom Keneally); 'The People's Diva' (opera singer Joan Carden); 'There's No Time' (composer Peter Sculthorpe); 'Bon-bons and Roses for Dorothy' (writer/dramatist Dorothy Hewett).

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form y separately published work icon God or Politics : Tom Keneally in Eritrea Thomas Keneally , 1990 Z865431 1990 single work film/TV

In this documentary, Tom Keneally re-traces the journey he made two years earlier, when researching the novel Towards Asmara. Keneally reveals a remarkable society of camouflaged schools and hospitals, factories hidden in deep caves, great food distribution dumps, and ravaged biblical towns. He encounters again the real people he turned into fictional characters in his book.

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 1990
form y separately published work icon Bon Bons and Roses for Dorothy : The Dorothy Hewett Story Jackie McKimmie , 1994 Z820928 1994 single work film/TV Bon-bons and Roses for Dorothy profiles the elder stateswoman of Australian literature, Dorothy Hewett. Using excerpts from her work to great effect, the film reveals the complex and contradictory woman behind the controversial public figure. Director Jackie McKimmie, a long-time admirer of Hewett's writing, gathers frank observations from friends, rivals, colleagues, and the author herself and weaves them together with readings and extracts to detail an extraordinary career.
Source: Trove
 1994

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