Facing the Music (2001)

Directed by

Bob Connolly

Genre

documentary film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 29m

Rating

7.0 of 10 from 5 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A documentary about music professor Anne Boyd trying to keep the University of Sydney's music department running despite major budget problems. It watches her deal with the pressure of fundraising and managing a struggling department.

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What happens

Facing the Music (2001) is an Australian documentary film, directed by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson, about the wish of some staff members to keep the University of Sydney Department of Music alive in the face of budget overspending. The film features music professor (Anne Boyd) struggling to run a dysfunctional department amid budget pressures. She has no training or capacity for the fundraising that is required. At the end of 2004 the Music Department was merged with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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