Hannah Gadsby's OZ (2014)
Hannah Gadsby is a closet art scholar. Armed with her rapier wit and a desire to pick beneath the paint, she will travel across the continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the Australian identity as defined by our art.
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Episode 1 - Episode 1
Release Date: 2014-03-11Through a re-examining of colonial era paintings, Hannah sees that White Australia's sense of 'belonging' has a complex and troubled past.
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Episode 2 - Episode 2
Release Date: 2014-03-18If the Australian art cannon is to be believed, this country was founded by an army of pioneer blokes in hats. Hannah picks beneath the paint of this hyper-masculine portrait to uncover a more feminine vision of this country.
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Episode 3 - Episode 3
Release Date: 2014-03-25Hannah is still searching for a more inclusive Australian identity in our art. In this episode she enters the NOW! But in post-Cronulla Australian art this Identity seems even harder to define.