They Don't Clap Losers (1975)

Directed by

John Power

Country

Australia

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This is a television documentary-drama from 1975 that mixes factual reporting with dramatic reenactment. It originally aired on the night Australian television switched to color. The film tells a story based on real events.

documentary-stylehistoricalreflectivefactualgroundedserious

What happens

They Don't Clap Losers is a 1975 Australian television documentary-drama film directed by John Power. It aired on 1 March 1975, the first night Australian television turned to colour. Power had made a number of drama documentaries for the ABC, including Billy and Percy, Like a Summer Storm and Escape from Singapore. It later aired in 1977 as an episode of Stuart Wagstaff's World Playhouse. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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