Women of Australian Film | All About Women 2020

Women have been an integral part of Australian film history from the beginning. In this video essay made by Ivana Brehas and commissioned by the Sydney Opera House for All About Women, we unpack five overlooked works from key women of Australian cinema.

Films featured:
The Cheaters (1929) - dir. Paulette McDonagh
On Guard (1984) - dir. Susan Lamber
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990) - dir. Tracey Moffat
Only the Brave (1994) - dir. Anna Kokkinos
Floating Life (1996) - dir. Clara Law

Dive into the world of feminist cinema with our inaugural All About Women film program: https://soh.online/all-about-women-in...
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