Lilija Duks: weaver

Australia, 1978

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Episode of Series “Craft as a Livelihood”.
Lilija Duks is a weaver who came to Australia from Latvia. In this film she talks about both her own design work and the traditional Latvian weaving that she does.

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Credits

director

Terry McMahon

producer

Nina Syme

production company

Victorian Film Corporation

Duration

00:05:08:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1978

Appears in

Group of items

Craft as a Livelihood

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

322150

Language

English

Subject categories

Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Weaving

Crafts & Visual Arts → Arts and crafts movement

Crafts & Visual Arts → Handicraft - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Textile crafts

Crafts & Visual Arts → Weaving

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Handicraft - Study and teaching

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Educational & Instructional → Instructional

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)

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