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'"Making Film and Television Histories" approaches film and television texts as primary historical media with the potential to bring historical topics alive through their interplay between past and present. It is a major text, the first to situate in a clear historical context selected New Zealand and Australian films and television programs ranging from highly successful films such as "Gallipoli", "The Piano", "Australia", "Once Were Warriors" and "Heavenly Creatures" to less well-known texts that form the basis for intriguing examinations of history, representation and identity. This book is designed for all those with an interest in Australian or New Zealand history, film or television, and is written by leading scholars in these interdisciplinary fields, as well as filmmakers involved in the production of some of the films and TV shows discussed. With ten thematically structured sections and covering over 40 film and tv texts in clear and focused chapters, "Making Film and Television Histories" will be of particular value to teachers and trainee teachers wishing to inspire students to engage with history by putting to use audiovisual media in the classroom.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Contents indexed selectively.
Only works relating to Australian film and television have been individually indexed on AustLit. This volume also contains extensive work on New Zealand film and television.
Contents
- Jedda, single work criticism (p. 5-10)
- The Making of Lousy Little Sixpence, single work criticism (p. 11-16)
- Buffalo Legends, single work criticism (p. 17-21)
- Rabbit Proof Fence, single work criticism (p. 22-25)
- Blood Is Thicker Than Water : Stains on the Land in Bra Boys, single work criticism (p. 26-30)
- Australia, single work criticism (p. 31-36)
- Breaker Morant, single work criticism (p. 123-127)
- Gallipoli, single work criticism (p. 128-132)
- The Cowra Breakout, single work criticism (p. 133-137)
- War Stories Our Mothers Never Told Us, single work criticism (p. 138-142)
- Revealing Gallipoli, single work criticism (p. 143-148)
- Smiley, single work criticism (p. 153-157)
- The Devil's Playground : Coming-of-Age as National Cinema, single work criticism (p. 158-163)
- Sex and Subculture : Bruce Beresford's Puberty Blues, single work criticism (p. 164-168)
- One Summer Again : Dramatising the Heidelberg School, single work criticism (p. 179-183)
- Witnessing Innocence : Fred Schepisi's Evil Angels, single work criticism (p. 184-188)
- An Angel at My Table, single work criticism (p. 189-193)
- The Piano, single work criticism (p. 194-198)
- Ned Kelly, single work criticism (p. 199-204)
- Dad and Dave Come to Town : Mr Entwhistle and Male Homosexuality, single work criticism (p. 215-219)
