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Rats in the Ranks
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Wikipedia article
'Rats in the Ranks' is an Australian documentary film released in 1996.
The film detailed the last weeks of the 1994 Leichhardt Council mayoral elections.
The filmmakers, Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson (later known for 'Facing the Music' and other projects, but already well known) were allowed access to the innermost meetings of participants including the serving mayor Larry Hand and his Labor Party opponents. Hand's exposure to a wider audience spawned the character Col Dunkley in the successful Australian TV series 'Grass Roots', and 'Rats in the Ranks' is regarded as a classic in its portrayal of local politics in Australia.
Awards
'Rats in the Ranks' has been screened at more than forty film festivals and has won multiple awards, including the Silver Plaque for Social/Political Documentary at the Chicago International Film Festival in 1996, the 1996 Critics Choice Award for Documentary at the Sydney Film Festival,[http://nfsa.gov.au/collection/film-australia-collection/program-sales/search-programs/program/?sn=3895 'Rats in the Ranks']. The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Retrieved 17 January 2012. and the Logie Award for most outstanding documentary series/program in 1998.
Box office
'Rats in the Ranks' grossed $200,000 at the box office in Australia.
See also
*Cinema of Australia
*Australian films of 1996
*Logie Awards of 1998
References
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