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In just a few carefully selected brush strokes, a middle class family is portrayed on the cusp of Australia’s entry into the Vietnam war. Drugs, sex and rock and roll are obsessing this younger generation and the war will bring things to a head.
Curator’s notes
Douglas Goddard (Barry Otto) is a typical authoritarian father of his era. His wife Evelyn (Victoria Lang) is a submissive housewife and his teenage children are set on a collision course with their parents’ life style and political views. Vietnam will become the trigger for a massive upheaval in society, eventually bringing down the conservative government, in power since 1949.
