In My Beginning

A colour sound film funded by the Koornong School in Warrandyte Victoria Produced to promote awareness of the schools activities in particular its cooperative approach to school management the film illustrates the traditional left ideal of collective action and again deploys the rural ideal which provides a response to the problems depicted in A Place to Live and These are Our Children Scenes include the collective building of the school a meeting of the schools bully committee to discuss students problems and various activities where the emphasis is on groups of people working together The school is located in what was a rural landscape outside Melbourne and the film shows exercise learning and craft work in this locale as particularly wholesome activities Deane Williams