Small town girl

Australia, 2007

Emma Levy leaves the confines of small town life in New Zealand for Melbourne in the hope of connecting with a bigger Jewish community. This Digital Storytelling project was created in partnership with the Jewish Museum of Australia.

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Credits

creator

Emma Levy

producer

ACMI Digital Storytelling

production company

ACMI

Duration

00:02:26:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

2007

Appears in

Group of items

Stories from the Jewish Community

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B2000993

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Subject categories

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Description and travel

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Social life and customs

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australians

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cities and towns - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Jewish families

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Jews - Australia

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New Zealand

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → New Zealand - Social life and customs

Biographical

Digital Storytelling

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Emigration and immigration

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Religion

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Social conditions - 20th Century

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Ethnology - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Immigrants - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Jews - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Judaism

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Minorities - Australia

History → Jews - Australia

Places → Cities and towns - Australia

Places → New Zealand

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

DVCAM; Master

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

Collected

1 times

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If you would like to cite this item, please use the following template: {{cite web |url=https://acmi.net.au/works/114349--small-town-girl/ |title=Small town girl |author=Australian Centre for the Moving Image |access-date=5 November 2024 |publisher=Australian Centre for the Moving Image}}