Facing the Music

Name: Facing the Music
Genre: Music, Documentary
Released: April 24, 2002
Duration: 89 min
Rating: 77

2002

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Release Date: April 24, 2002

Summary: Anne Boyd, one of Australia's leading contemporary composers, teaches music at the publicly funded University of Sydney. This documentary chronicles a year in the life of an academic department that?s under the financial gun. (Film Forum)

Director: Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson

Genre(s): Music, Documentary

Runtime: 89 min

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David Stratton

Isn't only an outstanding documentary -- it's also a powerful personal drama. Read full review

Keith Phipps

Uncompromising in her art, her teaching, and her professional relations, Boyd makes for a classic tough old bird of a character. Read full review

Mark Peranson

In a meticulous style that often appears offhanded, the directors chronicle Boyd's journey step-by-step, pausing to eavesdrop on the teacher talking to herself. Read full review

David Sterritt

Generous doses of bright-sounding music add to the movie's appeal. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

If a year in the life of a university department head doesn't sound like the stuff of a riveting documentary, please allow this stirring film by husband and wife filmmakers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson to change your mind. Read full review

Stephen Holden

Often feels like two movies loosely sewn together. By far the most compelling of the two is its portrait of Ms. Boyd, a woman who for all her quirks and self-dramatizing flourishes, emerges as a noble spirit on the side of the angels. Read full review

Megan Lehmann

Makes a powerful case against the wisdom of budget cuts at universities everywhere. Read full review

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43	#43 Best Movie of 2002

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