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Issue Details: First known date: 2003... 2003 The Finished People
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'The boundaries between fiction and reality merge as three stories of love, family and relationships play out amidst homelessness, drugs and crime. Set in infamous Cabramatta, widely regarded as the "crime and drug capital" of Australia, the film is a glimpse into the lives of those youths whom we notice living on the streets, but belong to the "brick wall" that we see but never hear from.' (Publicity flyer)

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Straight to the Pool Room : Top 10 Films about the Australian Dream Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2016;
'The housing market may not sound like the most stimulating territory for a story, but it has been the basis of some of Australia’s greatest films'
The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
From Gangs to Shopping Malls : Sentimental Aesthetics in Vietnamese Australian Community Arts Scott Brook , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Intercultural Studies , vol. 35 no. 3 2014; (p. 281-294)
'This article describes developments in Vietnamese Australian community arts in the context of recent reforms to Community Cultural Development (CCD) funding. While a discussion of two case studies suggests these reforms have encouraged a shift towards post-welfarist and enterprising modes of project development, the article argues that conspicuously ‘cosmo-multiculturalist’ and ‘sentimental aesthetics’ cannot be explained entirely in terms of post-1980s cultural policies of the Australian Labour government. The article concludes that recent attempts to link CCD work to professional arts networks were in fact anticipated by the explicit agendas of Vietnamese Australian CCD workers themselves, although for quite different purposes.' (Publication abstract)
The Art of Government : Khoa Do's 'The Finished People' and the Policy Reform of Community Cultural Development Scott Brook , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 2 no. 3 2008; (p. 177-193)
'Small-Fry' : Suburban Decline and the Global Outback in Recent Asian Australian Cinema Helen Grace , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 2 no. 3 2008; (p. 195-212)
The Art of Government : Khoa Do's 'The Finished People' and the Policy Reform of Community Cultural Development Scott Brook , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 2 no. 3 2008; (p. 177-193)
Straight to the Pool Room : Top 10 Films about the Australian Dream Luke Buckmaster , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 25 April 2016;
'The housing market may not sound like the most stimulating territory for a story, but it has been the basis of some of Australia’s greatest films'
From Gangs to Shopping Malls : Sentimental Aesthetics in Vietnamese Australian Community Arts Scott Brook , 2014 single work criticism
— Appears in: Journal of Intercultural Studies , vol. 35 no. 3 2014; (p. 281-294)
'This article describes developments in Vietnamese Australian community arts in the context of recent reforms to Community Cultural Development (CCD) funding. While a discussion of two case studies suggests these reforms have encouraged a shift towards post-welfarist and enterprising modes of project development, the article argues that conspicuously ‘cosmo-multiculturalist’ and ‘sentimental aesthetics’ cannot be explained entirely in terms of post-1980s cultural policies of the Australian Labour government. The article concludes that recent attempts to link CCD work to professional arts networks were in fact anticipated by the explicit agendas of Vietnamese Australian CCD workers themselves, although for quite different purposes.' (Publication abstract)
The 100 Best Australian Films of the New Millenium Erin Free , Dov Kornits , Travis Johnson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 September 2016;
'Small-Fry' : Suburban Decline and the Global Outback in Recent Asian Australian Cinema Helen Grace , 2008 single work criticism
— Appears in: Studies in Australasian Cinema , vol. 2 no. 3 2008; (p. 195-212)
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