The Miniskirted Dynamo (1996) + On a Full Moon (1997)
World Premiere - 4K Restoration
“Dora emerges as a fascinating character…a very personal piece of film-making” – David Stratton
Rivka Hartman’s The Miniskirted Dynamo focuses on her mother, Dr Dora Bialestock, an extraordinary figure in Melbourne’s medical community. Dora studied Medicine at the University of Melbourne and published widely on her specialist research subjects. She became a figure of some controversy when she attacked the state government’s management of children in care. She was a public thorn in many sides of government. Hartman’s film is a remarkable autobiographical and biographical documentary about the intense and tangled relationship between the filmmaker and her mother, both of whom had ambitions and goals that did not mix well.
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On a Full Moon (1997)
World Premiere – 4K Restoration
17 mins
Directed by Lee Whitmore
This "poem to my mother" features memories of childhood and family lovingly animated frame by frame by pencil and pastel on paper.
Introduced by Rivka Hartman and Lee Whitmore at Ritz Cinemas and by Rivka Hartman and Ray Argall at Lido Cinemas.
Rating
PG
Duration
72 min
Country
Australia
Language
English
Director
Rivka Hartman
