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Act of Necessity

Year of completion
1991
Content type
Docudrama
Format
Telemovie
Genre
Drama
Duration
95 minutes
Production Status
Completed

Synopsis

A family discovers their child has leukemia. But this is not the only case of cancer in this small country town in the middle of the cotton belt, where clouds of chemicals hang over the town and contaminate the water. The family confronts government departments, chemical companies and the cotton growers before the final climax in court.
Completion Year
1991
Genres
Drama
Format
Telemovie
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Editor

Robin Archer

Production Designer

Ruth Bracegirdle

Director

Ian Munro

Executive Producer

Ron Saunders

Composer

Nigel Westlake

Producer

Pamela Williams

Writer

Pamela Williams

Director of Photography

Steve Windon

Cast

Angie Milliken, Mark Owen-Taylor, Loren Hewitt, Stephen Grives, Wendy Strehlow, Tom McKenzie, Louise Coleman, Ben Coleman, Sam Coleman

Awards

1991 — Australian Film Institute

Screenings

1991 — Hawaii International Film Festival

1992 — Monte Carlo Television Festival

1991 — Australian Film Institute

1991 — Australian Film Institute

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