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National Film and Sound Archive

First Impressions

1984

First Impressions

1984

  • NFSA ID3DB5CZS5
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormShort, Documentary
  • Year1984

Issues for refugee children growing up in Australia in 1984. This short film looks at prejudice and Australians through the eyes of young Vietnamese children recently arrived in Australia. It is based around excerpts from school compositions and poems and was produced for use in classrooms as a video teaching aid.

First Impressions, 1984, Film Australia Collection © NFSA. Buy a copy at the NFSA shop.

Issues for refugee children growing up in Australia in 1984. This short film looks at prejudice and Australians through the eyes of young Vietnamese children recently arrived in Australia. It is based around excerpts from school compositions and poems and was produced for use in classrooms as a video teaching aid.

First Impressions, 1984, Film Australia Collection © NFSA. Buy a copy at the NFSA shop.

  • Director
    Karl McPhee
    Producer
    Tim Read
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