Drive
Bronwyn Purvis, Telen Rodwell
- Australia
- 2009
- 55min
- DigiBeta
- color
Synopsis
The biggest killer of young people aged 10 – 24, worldwide is car crashes. In Australia, the state of Tasmania has the highest road fatality rate. Young men are dying in high speed, single vehicle crashes. is a film about the darker side of Australian culture; about every young man's quest to understand his insides. Turn seventeen: gain your license. Turn eighteen: gain the legal right to drink alcohol. is about more than manhood, it is about a cultural addiction to destruction.
Review
Director
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Bronwyn Purvis
Bronwyn Purvis is an award winning filmmaker, theatre director and producer. She works in partnership with communities, in an inclusive creative process that often involves participants who are experiencing marginalization. Drive (2010)Company, David(2008)Young Men Autocide project Tasmania(2008)Down Syndrome NSW (2007)
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Telen Rodwell
His credits include director, writer, producer, composer, actor and cinematographer. Telen has an Advanced Diploma in Performing Arts from the Actors Centre, Sydney. Telen has worked extensively in the disability sector supporting people of all ages with physical, intellectual, sensory and psychiatric disabilities. He has also coordinated youth festivals and events including supporting a group of young skateboarders in lobbying for and launching a three hundred thousand dollar skate park development. Drive (2010)Employing People with Disabilities (2007)Drive in Holiday (2007)Radio Holiday(2006)
Credit
- ProducerBronwyn Purvis, Telen Rodwell
- Cinematography Telen Rodwell
- Editor Adrian WARBURTON, Vanessa MILTON
- Music Dudley BILLING, Telen Rodwell
- Sound Leah KATZ
Distributor / World Sales
Distributor / World Sales BIG HART
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E-mail bronwynpurvis@hotmail.com