‘The Films the Premier Dare Not See’: confronting video of Fitzroy before hipsters descended

Published
24 October 2016

This footage was too much for the Victorian premier, in the 1940s. Our new, remastered film shows how Brotherhood founder, Father Gerard Tucker, used film to change the course of Melbourne and rid the inner city of its slums.

‘The Films the Premier Dare Not See’: confronting video of Fitzroy before hipsters descended


25 October 2016

This footage was too much for the Victorian premier, in the 1940s. Our new, remastered video shows how Brotherhood founder, Father Gerard Tucker, used film to change the course of Melbourne and rid the inner city of its slums.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkDsCwK0VQA
Read the story behind the footage at The Daily Review

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