Underplayed Gems

Facing the Music (2001)

Facing the Music poster
Directed by
Bob Connolly
Genre
documentary film
Country
Australia
Runtime
1h 29m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 5 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb
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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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