Facing the Music (2001)
1h 29m
Running Time
July 7, 2001Release Date
Facing the Music (2001)
1h 29m
Running Time
July 7, 2001Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
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.
Where to Watch.
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This Movie Is About.
Details.
Release DateJuly 7, 2001
StatusReleased
Running Time1h 29m
Filming LocationsSydney, Australia
Genres
Wiki.
Facing the Music (2001) is an Australian documentary film directed by Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson about the wish of some staff members to keep the University of Sydney Department of Music alive in the face of budget overspending.
The film features a music professor (Anne Boyd) struggling to run a dysfunctional department amidst budget pressures. She has no training or capacity for the fundraising that is required. The film won the Cinematic Intelligence Agency Trenchcoat Awards 2002 for best documentary or true drama, Film Critics Circle of Australia 2002 for Best Australian documentary, and the Awards 2001 for Best Documentary.At the end of 2004, the Music Department was merged with the Sydney Conservatorium of Music.