The Dawn Fraser Story
| The Dawn Fraser Story | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Joy Cavill Lee Robinson |
| Written by | Joy Cavill |
| Starring | Dawn Fraser |
Production company | Waratah Film Productions |
| Distributed by | TCN 9 |
Release date | 14 December 1964[1] |
Running time | 54 minutes |
| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
The Dawn Fraser Story is a 1964 documentary film about Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser. It was made by Joy Cavill, who later made a feature film about Fraser, Dawn! (1979), and had a romantic relationship with her.[2] It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.[3]
Filming began in August 1964.[4]
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.[5]
References
- ^ "What makes Dawn tick?". The Australian Women's Weekly. National Library of Australia. 16 December 1964. p. 19. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ "Dawn sets the record straight.(Local)", The Australian (National, Australia), News Limited: 003, 1 June 2001, retrieved 9 January 2012
- ^ David Stratton, The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival, Angus & Robertson, 1980 p111
- ^ "Double helping of Project '64". The Canberra Times. National Library of Australia. 21 December 1964. p. 23. Retrieved 20 December 2014.
- ^ Pat Gillespie, "Joy Cavill", Cinema Papers, May 1990 p79
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