Senses Of Cinema on SBS Viceland – Senses Of Cinema, by John Hughes and Tom Zubrycki, charts the cultural life of late 20th century Australia through the rise, fall, and afterlife of the Filmmaker’s Co-operatives – the passionate individuals who moved through them, and the powerfully independent films they made.
Many of Australia’s most celebrated independent filmmakers began their creative lives in the Filmmakers Co-ops. Dedicated, energetic and young, filmmakers like Jan Chapman, Gillian Armstrong, and Phillip Noyce, fondly acknowledge the formative influence that was the Sydney Filmmaker’s Co-op.
By the early 80s, conflicts between the community-based cooperatives and the managerial style of centralised government bureaucracy, challenged the Co-ops’ viability, and led to their ultimate demise. The Co-ops’ stories and films are vibrant, surprising, and essential to Australian cultural history. It’s time to tell their tale.
Senses Of Cinema on SBS Viceland and SBS on Demand – Premiere / Wednesday 27 March, 2024 at 9.30pm
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