First time tragedy: second time farce James Swinson, Cumming John and Jane Madsen 1989 First time tragedy: second time farce, video recording, Melbourne, Vic., Melbourne Fringe Festival. Attached Files Name Description MIMEType Size Downloads Title First time tragedy: second time farce Alternative title First time tragedy: second film farce Creator(s) James Swinson Cumming John orcid.org/0000-0003-0080-6437 Jane Madsen Partner(s) Film Victoria, Australia Zero One Counter Productions Year presented 1989 Year created 1989 Publisher Melbourne Fringe Festival Place of publication Melbourne, Vic. Description of moving image 1 videorecording (75 min.) :sd., col. Keyword(s) Documentary films First Fleet Re-enactment, 1987-1988 Australian Bicentenary, 1988 -- Drama Aboriginal Australians -- Attitudes -- Drama Summary The re-enactment of the First Fleet from the United Kingdom to Australia and the arbitrary celebration of the two hundred years of British settlement becomes a catalyst to consider the issues of colonialism, cultural and national identity. This film looks at the construction of national identity and dissent around the Australian Bicentennial. Notes First Time Tragedy Second Time Farce was co-directed/produced/written by John Cumming, Jane Madsen, James Swinson. It was made with financial assistance from Film Victoria. It was screened at the Melbourne Fringe Festival (1989), Bristol Rio Cinema and Watermans Art Centre (by Amnesty International) in London (U.K. 1990), the Film and History Conference (Sydney, 1989) and broadcast by RTE TV (Ireland 1990). Held in the film collections of The Australian Institute of Aboriginal & Torres Straight Islanders, Screensound Australia. Production company: Zero One, and Counter Productions. A Major Creative Exhibition of First Time Tragedy, Second Film Farce took the form of a touring exhibition of the film in the UK and Germany in the period 2008-10. Language eng Indigenous content on Field of Research 190204 Film and Television Socio Economic Objective 890402 Film and Video Services (excl. Animation and Computer Generated Imagery) HERDC Research category F Audio-visual recordings ERA Research output type JR1 Recorded or Rendered Creative Works - Film, Video Copyright notice ©1989, John Cumming, Jane Madsen, James Swinson Persistent URL http://hdl.handle.net/10536/DRO/DU:30026196 Document type: Moving Image Collections: Faculty of Arts and Education School of Communication and Creative Arts Related Links Link Description Get the post production script of this item? via Libraries Australia Go to link with your DU access privileges     Unless expressly stated otherwise, the copyright for items in DRO is owned by the author, with all rights reserved. Versions Version Filter Type Mon, 29 Mar 2010, 11:05:44 EST Tue, 30 Mar 2010, 07:54:51 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 09:56:27 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 10:48:54 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 10:50:21 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 10:53:45 EST Wed, 31 Mar 2010, 11:06:11 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 10:58:06 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 11:02:27 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 11:04:19 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 11:09:07 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 11:26:12 EST Wed, 09 Mar 2011, 11:27:12 EST Tue, 06 Mar 2012, 11:25:03 EST Filtered Full Citation counts:   Cited 0 times in TR Web of Science Cited 0 times in Scopus Search Google Scholar Access Statistics: 555 Abstract Views, 14 File Downloads  -  Detailed Statistics Created: Mon, 29 Mar 2010, 11:05:41 EST

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