AustLit
Latest Issues
AbstractHistoryArchive Description
'Set in the summer of 1959, when the impact of European migration and the rise of women’s liberation is about to change Australia forever, a shy schoolgirl (Lisa) takes a summer job at the prestigious Sydney department store, Goode’s. There she meets the 'ladies in black', who will change her life forever. Beguiled and influenced by Magda, the vivacious manager of the high-fashion floor, and befriended by fellow sales ladies Patty and Fay, Lisa is awakened to a world of possibilities. As Lisa grows from a bookish schoolgirl to a glamorous and positive young woman, she herself becomes a catalyst for a cultural change in everyone’s lives.'
Source: Screen Australia.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
-
Films
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 64-75)
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV -
On the Road with the Ladies in Black
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2019;
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV'Screenings across the world are attracting new friends for Australia, reports the film’s co-writer and producer'
-
Bruce Beresford and the Australian Jane Austen
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 63 no. 3 2019; (p. 78-81) -
The Light and the Dark
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2018;
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV'Two films, screening now, in very different registers: the light and the dark.'
-
The 2018 AACTA Awards…The Rundown
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 December 2018;
-
[Review] Ladies in Black
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 29 September - 5 October 2018;
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV'Bruce Beresford’s Ladies in Black is not just a homage to classical filmmaking and 1950s Sydney, it is also a window into the cultural richness brought by post-World War II refugees. If only it had pushed darker themes further.' (Introduction)
-
The Light and the Dark
2018
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , October 2018;
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV'Two films, screening now, in very different registers: the light and the dark.'
-
On the Road with the Ladies in Black
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: Inside Story , July 2019;
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV'Screenings across the world are attracting new friends for Australia, reports the film’s co-writer and producer'
-
Films
2019
single work
review
— Appears in: SF Commentary , November no. 100 2019; (p. 64-75)
— Review of Ladies in Black 2018 single work film/TV -
Ladies in Black : Director Bruce Beresford Recreates Postwar Culture of 1950s Sydney
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , September 2018;'Growing up in Western Sydney near the migrant camp at Villawood meant Bruce Beresford had a personal connection to the characters in his latest film Ladies in Black.' (Introduction)
-
The 2018 AACTA Awards…The Rundown
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 6 December 2018; -
Bruce Beresford and the Australian Jane Austen
2019
single work
essay
— Appears in: Quadrant , March vol. 63 no. 3 2019; (p. 78-81)
Awards
- 2019 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2019 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Film
- 2018 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2018 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Director
- 2018 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1959