The Pursuit of Happiness

MORUYA • TWO SCREENINGS ONLY:
3:30 & 6:30 pm

Limited seating - Get tickets now - donation at the door

Q & A with multi-award winning director, Martha Ansara

Filmed in the mid 1980s, THE PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS is the story of a family drawn into conflict as the controversy surrounding U.S. nuclear warship visits to the port of Fremantle begins to affect their personal lives.

Today, 40 years later, amidst a growing movement against AUKUS, and as Australia continues to be tied into U.S, strategies, facilities and weaponry for fighting a nuclear war, this historic film remains disturbingly relevant.

The film’s unique mixture of fictional drama and documentary reality explores the parallels between the ties that bind couples and nations.

83 mins color Rated G
New digital restoration by the National Film & Sound Archive and Piccolo Films

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The Independent & Peaceful Australia Network includes community and church groups, trade unions, peace and anti-war organisations, and concerned individuals from across Australia,

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THE FILMMAKER

Martha Ansara is a multi award winning director and producer. She was one of the first women in Australia to work as a cinematographer. She is a Life Member of the Australian Directors Guild, has been inaugurated into the Australian Cinematographers Society Hall of Fame and received the prestigious Byron Kennedy Award from the Australian Film Institute.