Recent radio broadcast, “The Brazen Women of Silent Film,” is now available online
Australia’s ABC Radio National’s 37-minute The Brazen Women of Silent Film is now available online. The program specifically focuses on Australian film pioneers The McDonagh sisters and Annette Kellerman.
First up is The McDonaghs: Sisters of Silent Film (23 mins), featuring NFSA-held oral histories recorded by WFPP contributor Graham Shirley in the 1970s-80s. Following that comes NFSA’s Beth Taylor on Annette Kellerman: Stuntwoman, Diver, Badass (13 min).