Mr Neal Is Entitled To Be An Agitator - Online Event & Screening

Film Art Media

Join us for a screening of documentary Mr Neal Is Entitled To Be An Agitator, followed by an online Q&A with director Daryl Dellora.

Supported by Friends of the NFSA is this special online screening of Mr Neal Is Entitled to be an Agitator, followed by a Q&A with director Daryl Dellora. It is the second in a series co-sponsored by Film Art Media.This film will be accessible to view from 5.00pm on Friday 7th August and followed with the Q&A on Zoom at 2.00pm on Sunday 9th August.-About the film:Mr Neal Is Entitled To Be An AgitatorThe deeply moving and dramatic story of Justice Lionel Murphy and his legacy.A documentary film about the late High Court Judge Mr Justice Lionel Murphy, concentrating in particular on the events and allegations of the last four years of his life — allegations of his supposed misbehaviour. Murphy was at the centre of an historic battle to retain his position on the High Court.This film uses the dramatic story of Lionel Murphy as a vehicle to consider some more fundamental issues about the law, including the problem of police and security surveillance of the individual in Australian society and in particular of prominent political and legal figures. We investigate Murphy’s role, as Attorney-General in the Whitlam Government, in introducing many radical legal and political reforms, such as the Family Law Act, The Trade Practices Act and a proposed Bill of Rights.The role of the media in ‘the Murphy affair’ is also focussed upon, especially its use of surveillance material from police and security sources, and its depiction of Murphy throughout his career.The structure is that of the classic dramatic tragedy. Part one provides an introduction to the character betraying elements that could lead to his downfall. Part two provides the detail of his life and sets the stage, revealing the other characters in his life and their interaction with him. And part three provides a climax to the tragedy that affected not only Lionel Murphy but Australian society as a whole.-About the director:Daryl Dellora is a film producer, director, screenwriter and author. His film Mr Neal is Entitled to be an Agitator about the life and work of the reforming Attorney-General in the Whitlam Government and later High Court Justice Lionel Murphy received the Australian Human Rights Award for Best Documentary Film. Daryl Dellora has been making documentary films, often with political and legal themes, for many years. He is currently developing a feature documentary The Palace Letters on Professor Jenny Hocking's ten year battle with the Australian Archives. He was executive producer and consultant director of The Show Must Go On (2019) a feature documentary focussing on the issue of mental health in the arts and entertainment industry. His most recent film as writer/director is the documentary portrait of multi award-winning Australian architect Harry Seidler, Harry Seidler: Modernist (ABC-TV, Rotterdam International Architectural Film Festival, Milan Design Film Festival 2019). He was an executive producer on the box office and critical triumph The Dressmaker, featuring Kate Winslet and Judy Davis and co-producer and executive producer on feature documentaries Hunt Angels and Celebrity with producer and business partner Sue Maslin. His most recent book Jørn Utzon and the Sydney Opera House (Penguin) sold into two reprints. He is an award-winning writer and director and he executive produced, co-wrote and directed his first feature length film, Against The Innocent in 1988. Daryl has been a recipient of an AFC Documentary Fellowship.In 2005 Daryl was accepted to the prestigious Rockefeller Foundation study centre in Bellagio. He co-produced the feature Hunt Angels (2006) and has written and directed a raft of documentary films including The Edge of The Possible about the political demise of the Sydney Opera House; A Mirror to the People, on the role of Governor-General.Daryl’s films have screened and sold all over the world including in South East Asia, US, UK, Canada, South America, France, Spain, Italy, Germany, Austria, Portugal, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark, the Museum of Modern Art, Ljubljana, Slovenia and the Museum Cite de l’architecture &amp; du patrimonie, Paris.

Our {communityGuidelinesLink} describe the sort of content we prohibit on Eventbrite. If you suspect an event may be in violation, you can report it to us so we can investigate.

To report other categories of prohibited or illegal content, submit {link}