Judah Waten

Australia, 1983

Film
A still image from Judah Waten

In an interview conducted at his home in Victoria in December 1982, Judah Waten discusses his writing, his life, his Jewish background, political views and Russian, Yiddish and Australian influences on his writing, including the experiences of migrants. This is interspersed with brief remarks by a number of his friends, including Manning Clark, Justice Judith Cohen and Alan Marshall.

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Credits

director

Darrelyn Gunzburg

producer

Elisabeth Knight

production company

Film Australia

Duration

00:28:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304728

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

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

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