Yer Old Faither (2020)
Overview
Set in the industrial town of Whyalla, this is an intimate portrait of John Croall, a Glaswegian immigrant to Australia, and the father of long-time Adelaide Fringe director, Heather Croall. John Croall delivered three generations of babies and planted thousands of trees in the town. He was also a great letter writer, and this very personal documentary uses these letters as its point of departure. Heather Croall films with her father as a way of coping with his approaching death and reflecting on the close, and often very funny, relationship between a father and a daughter.
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| Original Language | en |
| Popularity | 0.109 |
Directed By
Heather Croall
Crew
Victoria Falconer-Pritchard
Miles Rowland
Sieh Mchawala
Liam Somerville
Heather Croall
Heather Croall
Heather Croall
Heather Croall
Tania Nehme
Karin Altmann
TOP CAST
John Croall
Self
Heather Croall
Self
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