Facing the Music
Inside the halls of Sydney University’s Music Department, talented young students create sublime music in a setting that’s far from serene. After nearly a decade of relentless government funding cuts, Professor Anne Boyd is struggling to preserve basic standards. But Boyd is an innocent when it comes to harsh economic realities and the very qualities that are her strengths as a composer and teacher’her passion and dedication’leave her vulnerable. Forced to cut staff and courses and pick up the phone to plead for private sponsorship, the usually conservative Boyd is forced to fight for what she believes in. The problem is, how long can she continue?
Etudes à l’Université de Sydney. Journaliste et reporter à la télévision australienne jusqu’en 1979. A publié en 1980 son premier livre The Fight for the Franklin.
A réalisé avec Robin Anderson : • First Contact, 1983 • Joe Leahy’s Neighbours, 1988 • Black Harvest, 1991 (tous trois ont obtenu le Grand Prix du Cinéma du Réel) • Rats in the Ranks, 1996 • Facing the Music, 2000
Film Australia; Arundel Productions
Film Australia
Ray Thomas
Robin Anderson
Bob Connolly