This week will see the broadcast nationwide of NITV, of Barbara’s World. Teni Burns, says about the film,
A finalist in the prestigious SASA Awards, and featured in the recent Women with Heart screenings, Barbara’s World is a fascinating insight to a world that is both challenging and victorious. The Barbara of the title is mother to to filmmaker Edoardo Crismani and it is she, who under his tender direction gives an eloquent and vivid account of her history. And what a history it is! Descended from South Australia’s 1926 Indigenous boxing champion, ‘The Panther’, Barbara brings us into a world that is relatively unknown but is endlessly engrossing. Startling in her composure, touching in her loving recollections of struggles and joys past, this beautiful woman graciously allows us to see life through her eyes. Extremely candid and confronting at times, Crismani never ventures into cloying sentimentality as he gently allows the narrative to unfold. The use of archival photography enhances the story and the impressive original music accompanies it without intruding. Heartrending and heart-warming, this lovely and relevant film presents a Woman of Heart. Five stars.
The film is also being screen at the South Australia State Library and other sites as part of their NAIDOC celebrations.
Filmmaker, Edoardo Crismani