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Salient. Victoria University Student Newspaper. Volume 37, Number 22. 4th September 1974

Day 1

Day 1

The subject for the first day (Sept. 4) is Political Documentary. The films to be shown are Bruce Petty's "Australian History", R. Whittaker's "China—the Red Sons", and "Millhouse" by Emile De Antonio.

The second of these, "China—the Red Sons", is a 50 minute documentary shot inside China during the Cultural Revolution which features interviews with Chinese students and people, in the streets.

The timing of its showing is opportune. Recently an NZUSA delegation returned from a visit to China. On Thursday, five members of this delegation will speak at the forum in the lounge and smoking room, from 12—2pm, and will provide an updated account of events in China.

"Millhouse" by Emile De Antonio, is a pre-Watergate film, described as "a devastating portrait of the President, a savagely comic indictment of Nixon".

Nixon's political career, before his election to the Presidency is depicted and lampooned.

In a review of the film in "The Australian", in July 1973, Mike Harris concluded: "The quality is patchy because of the age of much of the material. Nonetheless, Millhouse is an important historical appraisal—admittedly a biased one—of this important man. His own public relations budget is estimated at 50 times the budget of this film. Who said a mouse can't rape an elephant?"