Flowers and the Wide Sea (series) (3-Day Rental)

PLEASE NOTE: THIS PRODUCT IS ONLY AVAILABLE TO CUSTOMERS RESIDING IN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND. ANY ORDERS FOR THIS PRODUCT THAT ARE PLACED FROM OUTSIDE AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND WILL BE CANCELLED AND REFUNDED.

PLEASE NOTE: If paying via purchase order, your 3-day rental period will begin when we approve your order. (Approvals are usually processed regularly during trading hours, but please allow up to two business days.) If paying up-front via credit card or PayPal, you will have access to stream the file in a matter of minutes, and your 3-day rental period will begin straight away.

You will receive an email (separate to your tax invoice) with a link to watch this video once your payment is received (or when we approve your purchase order).

Based on the book of the same name by Eric Rolls, Flowers and the Wide Sea is the story of the experiences and history of Chinese immigrants to Australia, and how they have come to belong in a country which increasingly sees itself as part of the Asia-Pacific region. Archival film and photographs rarely seen before, show life in China, Hong Kong and Australia over a period spanning 150 years.

(1994, 2 x 55 mins) A Film Australia National Interest Program.

© National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.