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Adaptation of
Who's Afraid of the Working Class?
1998
single work
drama
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First known date:
2009...
2009
Blessed
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Seven children wander the streets of Melbourne at night, while their mothers await their return.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Where Is Ana Kokkinos?
2018
single work
column
— Appears in: Neos Kosmos , November 2018;''Ana Kokkinos’s work in film has centred on the outsider, especially in terms of sexuality and what it is to be Greek Australian told in exhilarating and, at times, brutal truth.' (Introduction)
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The Ties That Bind : The Making of Blessed
2017
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essay
— Appears in: FilmInk , 4 August 2017; FilmInk , 20 May 2019; -
Reconciliation and the History Wars in Australian Cinema
2012
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criticism
— Appears in: Exhuming Passions : The Pressure of the Past in Ireland and Australia 2012; (p. 207-222) 'When The Proposition ( a UK/Australia co-production, directed by John Hillcoat and scripted by Nick Cave) was released in 2005, film reviewers had no qualms about claiming this spectacular saga of colonial violence on the Queensland frontier as a 'history' film. A reviewer on BBC Radio 4 described The Proposition as 'a bushranger Western...set in violent 1880s Australian outback exposing the bitter racial tensions between English and Irish settlers. A Sunday Times review declared that 'Australia's brutal post-colonial history is stripped of all the lies in a bloody clash of cultures between the British police, the Irish bushrangers and the Aborigines.' Foregrounding the film's revisionist spectacle of colonial violence, an Australian reviewer predicted that, despite 'scenes of throat-cutting torture, rape and exploding heads...The Proposition could be the most accurate look at our national history yet'. (Author's introduction, 207)
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All in the Family : Three Australian Female Directors
2010
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essay
— Appears in: Meanjin , Spring vol. 69 no. 3 2010; (p. 82-88) 'By any standards, apart perhaps from box-office takings, 2009 was a banner year for Australian films. There were Balibo and Samson and Delilah, Disgrace and Last Ride, but what is really impressive is that three of the most memorable entries in this memorable year were directed by women, in an industry where direction has long been dominated by men.' (p82) -
Samson and Delilah and Other Great Stories
2009
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 18 December vol. 19 no. 24 2009;
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Blessed Be the Children
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 29 - 30 August 2009; (p. 10)
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Natural Mother
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Mail , 23 August 2009; (p. 4)
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When Parenthood Is a Mixed Blessing
2009
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review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 11 September vol. 19 no. 17 2009;
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Tapping into the Mother Lode
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 September 2009; (p. 18)
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Film of the Week
2009
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review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 13 September 2009; (p. 22)
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Motherhood Lights up Tales of Ordinary People
2009
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 26 July 2009; (p. 5) -
Actors Explore Mother-Child Bond
2009
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— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 26 July 2009; (p. 26) -
Taking on Motherhood in a Tale of Grit and Grace
2009
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— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 6 September 2009; (p. 14) -
Separation Anxiety
2009
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— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 11 September 2009; (p. 11) -
Blessed Wins Screenplay Award in Spain
2009
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— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 September 2009; (p. 4)
Awards
- 2009 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Adapted Screenplay
- 2009 nominated Australian Film Institute Awards — Best Film
- 2009 winner San Sebastian International Film Festival — Best Screenplay
- 2009 winner AWGIE Awards — Film Award — Feature Film Adaptation
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