Deschutes Public Library

A Place to Belong

eng

videorecording

A Place to Belong

908377852

Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1993

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When Nell was a girl, her parents were regularly evicted from the workerśђة cottages they rented around Port Melbourne. Now a great-grandmother with 87 descendants, Nell still lives in the Port. But the cohesion of Nelĺђةs extended family and neighbourhood is threatened by the pressures of modernisation and an influx of young professionals into the area. The old inner city suburb of Port Melbourne is the traditional home of working people whose community is bound by ties of class, church, sport and family. Now their beaches are being eyed off by developers, and their streets are choked with carśђوno longer the domain of their kids. The West Gate Bridge helped to change Port Melbourne from a protected enclave to a busy drive through suburb. But the bridge has also provided a way out́ђوa direct route to the west́ђةs new outer suburbs, where cheap land and housing packages beckon. Younger people who cańђةt compete economically with the professional classes are pulling up their traditional roots and moving out to these new suburbs. However, now they find they no longer experience that sense of community, of́ ђبbelonginǵђة. A Place to Belong considers some of the problems created by the urban sprawl syndrome. It shows how the struggle for housing can affect our identities and shape our lives. A Film Australia National Interest Program. ℗♭ 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia

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