Action! Film and War

National Exhibition Register

  • Action! Film and War, installation image.
    Action! Film and War, installation image.

About the exhibition

Action! Film & War explores the role of the moving image and cinema in documenting, supporting, promoting, reporting on and recreating the Australian experience of war.

The exhibition examines film’s impact on those serving in many conflicts, and on their families and loved ones at home. Moving images have been used for many purposes in war: as a public relations tool, as a documentary record, as a personal diary, and as a key medium for providing comfort, connection and therapy for those who have served in Australia’s armed forces.

The exhibition explores these themes through the stories of the men and women who carried their cameras far from home, and aims to showcase the power and importance of film to our military and social history.

A wide range of technology, artworks, posters, paper records, photographs, oral histories – and, of course, moving pictures – is drawn upon to tell the story.

Artists and Curator

Curator
Daniel Eisenberg

Available Dates and
Exhibition Details

Available dates
01/09/2024 - 31/07/2026
Exhibition size
Over 100 sq or running metres
Originating state
ACT
Organised by
Australian War Memorial
Price
$6,000 (inc. freight)
Web Site
https://www.awm.gov.au/action-film-and-war
Accompanying materials available
Exhibition Tour Manual, Interpretative/Didactic Panels, Labels, Media Kit, Public Program Opportunities
Other materials
Installation support by negotiation.
Primary contact
Lea Barnett
Position
Head of Exhibitions
Organisation
Australian War Memorial
Phone
0427 971 260
E-mail
Lea.barnett@awm.gov.au
Secondary contact
James Mazengarb
Phone
+61 26263 6622
E-mail
Touring.Exhibitions@awm.gov.au