Persons of Interest Frank Hardy - But The Dead Are many
Author Frank Hardy was the most outspoken and well known Communist in Australia. He was a gambler, larrikin and for 45 years a target for ASIO. His story is the story of the left itself as he struggles with misplaced faith. It's also the story of the Australian intelligence services and the future of surveillance.
For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Primary Title
- Persons of Interest
Episode Title
- Frank Hardy - But The Dead Are many
Date Broadcast
- Friday 23 December 2022
Start Time
- 20 : 30
Finish Time
- 21 : 30
Duration
- 60:00
Series
- 1
Episode
- 4
Channel
- Whakaata Māori
Broadcaster
- Whakaata Māori
Programme Description
- For forty years the Australian Intelligence & Security Organistion (ASIO) hunted spies and subversives. In the process it opened files on students, unionists, Aboriginal activists, and writers and as many as half a million other citizens. Persons Of Interest shows how things really happened in this dirty war against dissent. Using actual files, recently discovered secret surveillance film and photographs, these films are the personal stories of lives under the microscope of Government surveillance. In each episode of this Award winning series a Person Of Interest is given their previously secret ASIO intelligence file, and asked to respond to the allegations it contains.
Episode Description
- Author Frank Hardy was the most outspoken and well known Communist in Australia. He was a gambler, larrikin and for 45 years a target for ASIO. His story is the story of the left itself as he struggles with misplaced faith. It's also the story of the Australian intelligence services and the future of surveillance.
Classification
- PGR
Owning Collection
- TV & Radio
Broadcast Platform
- Television
Languages
- English
Captions
Live Broadcast
- No
Rights Statement
- Made for the University of Auckland's educational use as permitted by the Screenrights Licensing Agreement.
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia
Genres
- Biography
- Documentary
- History
Contributors
- Haydn Keenan (Director)
- Gai Steele (Producer)
- Andrea Lang (Editor)
- Haydn Keenan (Editor)
- Glenn Hanns (Director of Photography)
- Charlie Chan (Composer)
- Hadyn Keenan (Narrator)
- Smart St. (Production Unit)
- SBS (Production Unit)
- Screen Australia (Funder)
- Frank Hardy (Subject)
Subjects
- Intelligence service--Australia
- National security--Australia
- Documentary television programs--Australia