Title Family Confidential: The Lowys - Ep 1 of 7 / Director: Critchley, Laurie

Published Australia : ABC, 2010

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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 min. 22 sec.) ; 164223764 bytes Summary A powerful series on some of Australia's most famous and influential families opens with the hidden face of Frank Lowy, at an extraordinary turning point in his family's history.This year marks the 50th anniversary of the global multi-million dollar retail brand Westfield which Frank Lowy created from a small suburban shopping centre.But behind the meteoric success is a family that is still struggling to reconcile its past and its future. As Lowy comes full circle with his past, he returns to eastern Europe to finally lay the ghosts that have shaped him and his family for over 70 years.The Lowys are pillars of the Australian Jewish community, but Frank's father, Hugo, struggled to make a living and provide for his wife and five children during the Nazi occupation of Hungary. When he disappeared suddenly, and without trace in 1944, the experience marked Frank indelibly.Years later, despite the incredible business success he enjoys in his adopted country Australia, Frank Lowy and his three sons, who have joined him at the highest echelons of corporate power, still nurse a deep, private wound.He speaks about it for the first time and the private side of the bold, tough businessman is shown to be poignantly vulnerable.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Series Producer: Laurie Critchley. A Screen Australia initiative with Australian Documentaries in association with the ABC Notes Closed captioning in English Event Broadcast 2010-11-15 at 20:00:00 Notes Classification: PG Subject Businessmen -- Biography. Industrial management. Shopping centers -- Management. Westfield Companies. Australia. Hungary. Form Streaming video Author Critchley, Laurie, director Lowy, Alex, contributor Lowy, Allen, contributor Lowy, David, contributor Lowy, Frank, contributor Lowy, Peter, contributor Lowy, Shirley, contributor Lowy, Steven, contributor Throsby, Edwina, cast

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