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27 February 2024 | 5 min read | venue: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas | cost: $15 to $20 | website: https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/yer-old-faither-af2024 | address: Palace Nova Eastend Cinemas 3 Cinema Pl Adelaide SA 5000
published: 15 Jan 2024
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Set in the industrial town of Whyalla, t
his is an intimate portrait of John Croall, a Glaswegian immigrant to Australia, and the father of Adelaide Fringe director, Heather Croall.
John Croall delivered three generations of babies and planted thousands of trees in the town. He was also a great letter writer, and this very personal documentary uses these letters as its point of departure. Heather Croall films with her father as a way of coping with his approaching death and reflecting on the close, and often very funny, relationship between a father and a daughter. This opens up an exploration that transcends individual grief and loss, to encompass the broader issues raised by a man's life. As John Croall is dying, so the town of Whyalla is slowly dying too. But on the horizon there is hope of a new industry with solar farms and a possible new buyer for the steelworks.
The trees John Croall planted in the desert live on and amongst the harsh reality of change, and this film offers hope as the town reinvents itself.
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Set in the industrial town of Whyalla, t
his is an intimate portrait of John Croall, a Glaswegian immigrant to Australia, and the father of Adelaide Fringe director, Heather Croall.
John Croall delivered three generations of babies and planted thousands of trees in the town. He was also a great letter writer, and this very personal documentary uses these letters as its point of departure. Heather Croall films with her father as a way of coping with his approaching death and reflecting on the close, and often very funny, relationship between a father and a daughter. This opens up an exploration that transcends individual grief and loss, to encompass the broader issues raised by a man's life. As John Croall is dying, so the town of Whyalla is slowly dying too. But on the horizon there is hope of a new industry with solar farms and a possible new buyer for the steelworks.
The trees John Croall planted in the desert live on and amongst the harsh reality of change, and this film offers hope as the town reinvents itself.
See new events on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxqKJcD5y33GNFEcVDXxjsw/video
Go see Yer Old Faither 2024.
Yer Old Faither 2024 is on 27 February 2024. The opening hours are: 06:00 PM - 07:25 PM. Conveniently located in Adelaide. Call 1300 621 255 for details. Visit their website at https://adelaidefringe.com.au/fringetix/yer-old-faither-af2024.
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