Power and the Personality: Ray Argall's 'Midnight Oil: 1984'

Touted as a celebration of the famed Australian band of its title, Midnight Oil: 1984 also reveals the triumphs and tribulations that rocked the performers during frontman Peter Garrett's time in office. The resulting documentary is a chronicle of art and politics, and how the collision between the two isn't always congenial – a tension that similarly marks Ray Argall's documentary, writes Cavan Gallagher.

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