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- 2002
- Ronin Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2002
- Ronin Films
- 1 h 29 m
Summary Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a year in the life of an academic department that?s under the financial gun. (Film Forum)
Directed By: Bob Connolly
- 2002
- Ronin Films
- 1 h 29 m
- 2002
- Ronin Films
- 1 h 29 m
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Summary Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a year in the life of an academic department that?s under the financial gun. (Film Forum)
Directed By: Bob Connolly
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Metascore
Generally Favorable
Based on 8 Critic Reviews
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100% Positive
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0% Mixed
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Uncompromising in her art, her teaching, and her professional relations, Boyd makes for a classic tough old bird of a character.
In a meticulous style that often appears offhanded, the directors chronicle Boyd's journey step-by-step, pausing to eavesdrop on the teacher talking to herself.
An urgent, stirring story made all the more inspiring by the very ordinary nature of its subjects.
Often feels like two movies loosely sewn together. By far the most compelling of the two is its portrait of Ms. Boyd, a woman who for all her quirks and self-dramatizing flourishes, emerges as a noble spirit on the side of the angels.
If a year in the life of a university department head doesn't sound like the stuff of a riveting documentary, please allow this stirring film by husband and wife filmmakers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson to change your mind.
Makes a powerful case against the wisdom of budget cuts at universities everywhere.
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Production Company
Arundel Productions,
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC),
Channel Four Television,
Film Australia
Release Date Apr 24, 2002
Duration 1 h 29 m
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Awards
Australian Film Institute
• 2 Wins & 3 Nominations
Film Critics Circle of Australia Awards
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Brisbane International Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
