Peggy-Glanville Hicks: film documentary, 1989

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Component identifier:
Series 4
Content Summary:

In 1989 a script development agreement was signed between Wendy Beckett and The Australian Film Commission to produce a documentary film on the life of Peggy Glanville-Hicks. Wendy Bennett was the script-writer and Peter McClean was hired to direct the project. Although there is a pre-sale synopsis of the documentary there is no information regarding the completion of the project.

The correspondence in includes letters to Phillip Adams (2UE), NSW Film and Television Office, ABC Documentary Division, SBS, Australian Film Commission, Channel 4 TV (UK), Central Independent Television (UK), BBC, Rockefeller Foundation and Ford Foundation.

Immediate source of acquisition:
The first consignment comprises an instalment purchased from Wendy Beckett in 1993, and a second instalment donated by Beckett in 1997 under the Taxation Incentives for the Arts Scheme.

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Location of this collection:
Parkes Place
Canberra ACT 2600, Australia
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