''Rats in the Ranks'' is an Australian documentary film released in 1996.
The film detailed the last weeks of the 1994
Leichhardt Council mayoral elections.
The filmmakers,
Bob Connolly and
Robin Anderson
Robin Anderson (1950 – 2002) was an Australian award-winning documentary filmmaker.
Career
Anderson was in born in Perth, Western Australia in 1950. After graduating from high school in 1967 she spent a year in Europe including 6 months in Paris ...
(later known for ''
Facing the Music'' and other projects, but already well known) were allowed access to the innermost meetings of participants including the serving mayor Larry Hand and his
Labor Party opponents. Hand's exposure to a wider audience spawned the character Col Dunkley in the successful Australian TV series ''
Grass Roots
A grassroots movement is one that uses the people in a given district, region or community as the basis for a political or economic movement. Grassroots movements and organizations use collective action from the local level to effect change at t ...
'', and ''Rats in the Ranks'' is regarded as a classic in its portrayal of local politics in Australia.
Awards
''Rats in the Ranks'' has been screened at more than forty film festivals and has won multiple awards, including the Silver Plaque for Social/Political Documentary at the
Chicago International Film Festival
The Chicago International Film Festival is an annual film festival held every fall. Founded in 1964 by Michael Kutza, it is the longest-running competitive film festival in North America. Its logo is a stark, black and white close up of the comp ...
in 1996, the 1996 Critics Choice Award for Documentary at the
Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize.
the festival's director is Nashen Moodley.
Histo ...
, and the
Logie Award
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for most outstanding documentary series/program in 1998.
Box office
''Rats in the Ranks'' grossed $200,000 at the box office in Australia.
See also
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Cinema of Australia
The cinema of Australia had its beginnings with the 1906 production of ''The Story of the Kelly Gang'', arguably the world's first feature film. Since then, Australian crews have produced many films, a number of which have received internati ...
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Australian films of 1996
List of Australian films of 1996 contains a detailed list of films created in Australia in the year 1996.
1996
See also
* 1996 in Australia
* 1996 in Australian television
References
External links
Australian filmat the Internet Movie D ...
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Logie Awards of 1998
The 40th Annual TV Week Logie Awards was held on Sunday 19 April 1998 at the Crown Palladium in Melbourne, and broadcast on the Nine Network. The ceremony was hosted by Daryl Somers, and guests included Matt LeBlanc, Kathy Najimy, Kenny Rogers an ...
References
External links
''Rats in the Ranks'' (1996)*
''Rats in the Ranks''at Oz Movies
1996 films
Australian documentary films
Documentary films about politics
Films shot in Australia
Films by Bob Connolly
Documentary films about Australia
1996 documentary films
1990s political films
Australian political films
1990s English-language films
Documentary films about elections
English-language documentary films
1990s Australian films
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