The weight of the archive — how broadcasters have killed Australian filmmaking
Our film 'Puskas in Australia' (trailer below) has laboured under the weight of an uncleared copyright archive for several years. We are not alone, as a story in the weekend papers demonstrated.
A filmmaker named Gary Newman wrote an article for Fairfax on the weekend that spoke to every person who has tried to make an archival film in this country. He called it, ‘How the ABC’s Gollum grip is killing Australian stories’ and it’s about the horrendous cost of the ABC’s archive ($88 per second), the treasure trove of audio and video that sits part…
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