| Record Number |
12989 |
| Location |
355 DVD |
| Title |
Harry's war [DVD] |
| Published |
West Brunswick, Vic. : Front Row Video Distribution, c1999. |
| Collation |
1 videodisc (DVD) (27 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. |
| General Note |
Produced and developed in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission ; produced with the assistance of SBS Independent and Film Victoria. |
| Written and directed by Richard Frankland; produced by John Foss. |
| Performers: David Ngoombujarra, Peter Docker, Glenn Shea. |
| Focuses on the life of a young Aboriginal soldier, Harry, who leaves Condah Mission to fight for his country in Papua New Guinea during the Second World War. He joins his mate Mitch, a non-Aboriginal Australian. It is a story of mateship, brothers in arms and friendship that embraces culture, war and death. Based on the experiences of the director's uncle, Harry Saunders. |
| Viewer comment: "A dramatic tale of the effect of war on family, mateship and culture. Definitely worth watching." Peter Manderson, Year 10, June 2008. |
| Includes study guide from Golden Seahorse Productions. |
| Collection code: BD Australian Aboriginal Black Diggers |
| Target Audience |
35 mm film Classification: M (Medium level violence). |
| Subject |
Short films -- Australia |
| Aboriginal Australian soldiers -- Drama |
| World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Aboriginal Australian -- Drama |
| Aboriginal Australians, Treatment of -- History -- Drama |
| Australia -- Race relations -- Drama |
| Added Name |
Foss, John |
| Frankland, Richard |
| Shea, Glenn |
| Added Corporate Name |
Front Row Video Distribution |
