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The Dawn Fraser Story
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'The Dawn Fraser Story' is a 1964 documentary film about Australian swimmer Dawn Fraser. It was made by Joy Cavill, who later made a feature film about Fraser, 'Dawn!' (1979), and had a romantic relationship with her. It is one of the few Australian documentary films of the time to be directed by a woman.David Stratton, 'The Last New Wave: The Australian Film Revival', Angus & Robertson, 1980 p111
Filming began in August 1964.
While filming at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, Cavill suffered a heart attack.Pat Gillespie, "Joy Cavill", 'Cinema Papers', May 1990 p79
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