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Title Opening Shot 3: Skimpy - Series 3, Ep 2 of 5 / Director: Thomas, Mariel
Published Australia : ABC2, 2014
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 min. 49 sec.) ; 183560692 bytes
Series Opening Shot 3 ; Series 3, Episode 2
Summary *Coarse Language, Nudity, Sexual References*Five young Australian filmmakers are firing their Opening Shot. Opening Shot is back with a third instalment of five half hour documentaries from Australia's next generation of documentary filmmakers. Bringing a fresh perspective to some of the toughest and most confronting topics in contemporary Australia, these filmmakers demonstrate that they all have something insightful and entertaining to say about subjects that matter to young people.'Skimpies', young women serving beer in their underwear, are as much part of the WA mining landscape as road trains and Swan stubbies. It's a tale as old as the invention of mining. Whenever men have flocked to mining boomtowns, women providing 'entertainment' are never far behind. It's a lucrative business to be in, but not without its pitfalls. Skimpy is an unforgettable peek into the life of these women as they travel by car from suburban Perth along dusty outback roads to country pubs and remote roadhouses. To the uninitiated, this is an alien world of 'motorboats', 'body shots' and 'skimpying down' after a 'jug run'. To the 'skimpies', and the people who work and drink in the pubs, it is simply what happens on skimpy night.PRODUCTION DETAILS:SKIMPY is a Humming Tree Production. Director/writer, Mariel; producer, Deborah Spinocchia OPENING SHOT is an initiative between Screen Australia and ABC Television that delivers a younger perspective on contemporary Australia from a generation of documentary filmmakers. ABC TV Commissioning Editors: Andrea Ulbrick & Edwina Waddy Screen Australia Investment / Development Manager Documentary Alyssa Orvis
Notes Closed captioning in English
Event Broadcast 2014-11-17 at 21:30:00
Notes Classification: M
Subject Bars (Drinking establishments) -- Employees.
Bartending.
Girls' clothing.
Australia.
Form Streaming video
Author Thomas, Mariel, director
Killeen, Gretel, cast