Facing the Music

Jul 7, 2001

1h 29m

★ 6.8

Professor Anne Boyd is fighting to save her university music department. She's going to need more than a miracle!

Overview

Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a year in the life of an academic department that's under the financial gun.

Genres

Documentary

Music

Production Companies

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Channel 4 Television

Arundel Films

Film Australia

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