Colourful Florence Broadhurst portrait screens on SBS
Monday 12 November 2007: Gillian Armstrong’s award-winning
documentary Unfolding Florence – The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
will have its television premiere on SBS at 9pm on Sunday 18 th November.
The Film Australia/Becker Entertainment production tells the story of
flamboyant Australian design pioneer and wallpaper entrepreneur Florence
Broadhurst whose brutal murder in 1977 has never been solved.
The feature-length documentary received worldwide acclaim following
selection for the Sundance, Montreal, Karlovy Vary, Valladolid and Sheffield
Film Festivals while, closer to home, writer Katherine Thomson’s script won a
Queensland Premier's Literary Award and Australian Writers' Guild Award.
Unfolding Florence was also a success story at the box office. Following its
2006 national cinema release by Dendy Films it remains in the top three
grossing theatrical releases ever for a non-IMAX Australian documentary.
"Unfolding Florence is an artistic tour de force and I am delighted that this
documentary will be available for all Australians to enjoy when it airs on SBS
this weekend,” said Film Australia CEO Daryl Karp.
“Gillian Armstrong and her creative team have captured Broadhurst's story
and genius in an evocative and inventive way – it is an extraordinarily spirited
and colourful Australian documentary and we are proud to have
commissioned it,” said SBS Independent General Manager Ned Lander.
Unfolding Florence is a Film Australia/Becker Entertainment Production produced
in association with the NSW Film and Television Office and SBS Independent.
Director: Gillian Armstrong. Writer: Katherine Thomson. Producers: Charles Hannah,
Sue Clothier. Executive Producer: Mark Hamlyn. Commissioning Editors: Trevor
Graham, Margaret Murphy.
http://www.filmaust.com.au/unfoldingflorence/
Interviews with the filmmakers and documentary subjects available on request.
Media Contact: Aja Shanahan Avviso PR, 02 9368 7277,
ajas@avviso.com.au
Film Australia Sydney Office
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PO Box 46 Lindfield NSW 2070
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PO Box 1220 Collingwood VIC 3066
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