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Hannah Gadsby's Oz - Season 1

Series: Hannah Gadsby's Oz

4.7

(30)

Episodes

Rating

TVMA

Year

2014

Language

English

Publisher

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

About

Australian stand up comedian Hannah Gadsby is a closet art scholar. Armed with a rapier wit and desire to pick beneath the paint, she travels across the continent on a mission to debunk the myths of the Australian Identity as defined by our art canon.

Related Subjects

Documentary

Episodes

1. Episode 1

28m

Through a re-examining of colonial era paintings, Hannah sees that White Australia's sense of 'belonging' has a complex and troubled past. Meeting a number of contemporary artists Hannah asks why they are so intrigued with reimagining our colonial history and what relevance this has with our present.

2. Episode 2

28m

If the Australian art cannon is to be believed this country was founded by an army of pioneer blokes in hats. Hannah picks beneath the paint of this hyper-masculine portrait to uncover a more feminine vision of our country.

3. Episode 3

28m

Hannah is still searching for a more inclusive Australian identity in our art. In this episode she enters the NOW! But in post-Cronulla Australian art this Identity seems even harder to define.