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Whatever Happened To Green Valley?
Title:
Whatever Happened To Green Valley?
NFSA ID
32702
Year
1973
Green Valley was a housing commission estate in western Sydney, much maligned by the media of the day. The residents were hurt by the criticism but lacked access to the media to respond.
Supplied with equipment by Film Australia, they used this film to present a different image of themselves and their daily lives. In so doing, they answered the question of 'whatever happened to Green Valley'.
The core of this film is the work of half-a-dozen residents, co-ordinated by acclaimed filmmaker Peter Weir in one of his earliest film projects. Weir also acts as the moderator at a public forum that is included in the film.
From the Film Australia Collection. Made by Film Australia 1973. Directed by Peter Weir.
Notes by Beth Taylor
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.