1 videodisc (DVD) (90 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Summary
"The People Speak is a documentary that celebrates and encourages the influence seemingly powerless people can effect when they rally for their cause through the spoken word and its dramatic delivery. It is a thematic history of dissent and protest as captured by the words people have used when they felt the need to be heard. The form is simple: fine actors take to a clean, leanly designed stage to delivery rousing monologues derived from letters, songs, poems, speeches and manifestos. These short renditions (and selected songs of protest) are positioned within narrated contexts and set against archival footage and still images that reprise the heat of our nation's major social justice struggles." -- EnhanceTV website
Notes
Warning: "Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned this program may contain images that relate to deceased persons"
Credits
Producer/director, Phillip Tanner
Performer
Presenter: Thomas Keneally
Notes
Originally produced: WTFN in association with A+E Networks, c2012
Available to Deakin University staff and students only
