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Filmography
Joys of the Women (1992)
1 hour documentary co-production with Reel World Films for ABC
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A moving, humourous and sometimes quirky music documentary about a group of larger-than-life characters who win fans wherever they go. The film focuses on a number of members of the Fremantle Women's Choir The Joys of the Women, who have defied sex role conventions and cultural constraints to realise their long held passions. Singer/songwriter Kavisha Mazzella is the main motivating force behind the women, finding lost songs from generations gone by and bringing them back to life through the Choir.
Screened to critical acclaim in cinemas across Australia before being broadcast on the ABC. Nominated for a Dendy Award at the Sydney Film Festival and for Best Documentary by the Australian Circle of Critics in 1993. Invited to screen at the Treiziéme Bilan du Film Ethnographique in Paris.
Awards:
Nominated, Dendy Award, 1993 Sydney Film Festival.
Invited to screen at the Festival dei Popoli, Florence and the Treiziéme Bilan du Film Ethnographique, Paris.
Nominated, Best Documentary by the Australian Circle of Critics 1993.