 Event |
The Bougainville Photoplay Project
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| Venue |
Arts House North Melbourne Town Hall, North Melbourne, VIC |
| First Date |
12 August 2010 |
| Opening Date |
12 August 2010 |
| Last Date |
15 August 2010 |
| Dates Estimated |
No |
| Status |
Professional |
| World Premiere |
No |
| Part of a Tour |
Yes |
| Description |
"Writer, academic and performer Paul Dwyer retraces three journeys made by his father Dr. Allan Dwyer, a world-renowned orthopaedic surgeon, to Bougainville (Papua New Guinea) during the 1960s, healing dozens of crippled children. A performance style lecture which deftly combines field notes, oral history, a crash course in pidgin English, reconstructions of complex surgical procedures, letters, diaries, slides, Super-8 film and video installation." |
| Description Source |
Website |
| Primary Genre |
Theatre - Spoken Word
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| Secondary Genre |
Lecture
Installation
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| Subjects |
Papua New Guinea
Politics
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| Organisations |
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| Contributors |
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| Works |
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| Text Nationality |
Australia
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| Production Nationality |
Australia
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| Further Information |
Family stories are interwoven with the larger narrative of Australia's colonial enterprise over the years following the opening of the giant Panguna copper mine, environmental devastation, a brutal civil war funded by Australia that cost the lives of up to 20,000 people, and finally, a ray of hope in the post-war reconciliation process.
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| Event Status |
Completed
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| Data Source |
| Source |
Description |
| Web |
http://www.darwinfestival.org.au/Theatre/the-bouganville-photoplay-project.html |
| Web |
Arts House website |
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| Data Set |
AusStage |
| Event Identifier |
90627 |
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