Summary Broken Heart: Introduced by opera singer June Bronhill, who was brought up in Broken Hill ... a heritage reflected in her choice of stage name. Broken Heart is the story of a man and a town. Peter Black was originally a Sydneysider who was sent to Broken Hill as a "punishment". Along with two other ringleaders of the NSW teachers strike in the sixties, he was posted to the outback mining town to cool his heels. Instead of hating it, he fell in love with the place. He got involved with the local community and for the last seventeen years he has been the mayor. It has been a time of monumental change in this historic part of Australia with the decline of the mining industry but the rise of a strong tourism trade and a thriving film and arts community. Broken Hill has been used as the backdrop for movies such as Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. In a charming, amusing and character filled story, we see Broken Hill through the eyes of its most loyal resident. PLUS: To "Di" For: The story of Australia's best selling female author Di Morrissey. A former Fleet Street journalist, diplomat's wife, and television presenter, Ms Morrisey always had a burning ambition to write books. She struck gold with her very first effort Heart of the Dreaming and is now up to her seventh book ... all of them best sellers. Twice divorced, she now lives alone at Byron Bay where she has a house on two hectares of land. Di's uncle and mentor Jim Revitt says: "She lives in a fantasy land - fairyland - which is a wonderful place to come from if you're a creative writer in popular fiction. It's a world she's got populated with a million lovely characters and a thousand plots but it sometimes runs completely out of control!"
Directed : Unknown
Written : Unknown
Stars : Caroline Jones Leigh Sales Eddie Perfect Jimmy Barnes
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Aug 15, 1997
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : ABC iView Official Australian Story Website
Language : English
Filming locations : ABC Studios, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Production companies : Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Summary Broken Heart: Introduced by opera singer June Bronhill, who was brought up in Broken Hill ... a heritage reflected in her choice of stage name. Broken Heart is the story of a man and a town. Peter Black was originally a Sydneysider who was sent to Broken Hill as a "punishment". Along with two other ringleaders of the NSW teachers strike in the sixties, he was posted to the outback mining town to cool his heels. Instead of hating it, he fell in love with the place. He got involved with the local community and for the last seventeen years he has been the mayor. It has been a time of monumental change in this historic part of Australia with the decline of the mining industry but the rise of a strong tourism trade and a thriving film and arts community. Broken Hill has been used as the backdrop for movies such as Mad Max and Priscilla Queen of the Desert. In a charming, amusing and character filled story, we see Broken Hill through the eyes of its most loyal resident. PLUS: To "Di" For: The story of Australia's best selling female author Di Morrissey. A former Fleet Street journalist, diplomat's wife, and television presenter, Ms Morrisey always had a burning ambition to write books. She struck gold with her very first effort Heart of the Dreaming and is now up to her seventh book ... all of them best sellers. Twice divorced, she now lives alone at Byron Bay where she has a house on two hectares of land. Di's uncle and mentor Jim Revitt says: "She lives in a fantasy land - fairyland - which is a wonderful place to come from if you're a creative writer in popular fiction. It's a world she's got populated with a million lovely characters and a thousand plots but it sometimes runs completely out of control!"
Genres : Biography Documentary
Release date : Aug 15, 1997
Countries of origin : Australia
Official sites : ABC iView Official Australian Story Website
Language : English
Filming locations : ABC Studios, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Production companies : Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)