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Introduction
Narrated by Richard Roxburgh, The Pool is a two-part documentary series exploring Australian identity through our love affair with these cobalt-blue bodies of water.
Episode one features the pool as our hedonistic playground, while episode two plunges beneath the surface, focusing on the pool as our battleground, a place of protest and progress for race, sexuality and gender.
We are the world capital of pools – Australia boasts more than 100 ocean pools, more than 1000 public pools and more than one million backyard pools – per capita, we boast the highest number of backyard pools on Earth.
The pool is where we splash around as kids, chase Olympic-sized dreams as teens, keep fit as adults and gather as a multicultural community of equals.
Stripped to our budgie smugglers or boardies, bikinis or burqinis, we all have nostalgic memories of the pool – relief from the blistering heat, the sting of chlorine, the terror of the school swim carnival, poolside fashion, bellyflops, bombs and dives.
The pool is also a coveted public space where communities have fought for access and acceptance – from the 1965 Freedom Ride to Moree to the fight to keep public pools open, unlike any other country our pools play a pivotal part in our lives.
Featuring a diverse cast including Tim Ross, Myf Warhurst, Tim Flannery, Peter FitzSimons, Benjamin Law, Clare Wright, Hannah and Eliza Reilly, among many others, this series tells the surprising and untold story of the swimming pool in Australian culture and identity.
The Pool is a Mint Pictures production for ABC, with principal production investment from Screen Australia and the ABC in association with Create NSW.
It was directed by Sally Aitken, series produced by Dan Goldberg, executive produced by Adam Kay, edited by Mark Middis and written by Christos Tsiolkas, Sally Aitken and Paul Clarke. ABC’s commissioning editor was Jo Chichester and ABC executive producer was Natasha Negrea.
Mint Pictures. (n.d.) The Pool ABC. retrieved from http://mintpictures.com.au/the-pool-abc/
The Pool - Segment
Goldber, D. (Producer). Aitken, S. (Director) (2019). The Pool. [Motion Picture]. Aust: Mint Pictures
THE POOL: NGV AUSTRALIA – MAKING A SPLASH, BEACH TO BACKYARD
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McDowell, C. (2017).The Pool: NGV Australia – Making a Splash, Beach to Backyard. Retrieved from https://www.thecultureconcept.com/the-pool-ngv-australia-making-a-splash-beach-to-backyard
Showcasing an eleven metre long pool, the installation will ‘celebrate and explore one of Australia’s greatest cultural symbols’. It is certainly all about informing and reminding us about one of the great iconic symbols that has contributed to the development of our contemporary cultural identity.
Testing the Cultural Waters - The Australian
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Blundell, G. (2019). Testing the Cultural Waters. Retrieved from https://plcscotch.softlinkhosting.com.au:443/oliver/OpacLogin?corporation=scotchplc&url=%2Fhome%2Fresources%2Fdetails%2F046b47df0a0000a664bcbd51000ba80d
The Pool is the latest documentary series from the multi-award-winning Sally Aitken, who
some years ago gave us the superb Getting Frank Gehry, which followed the creative
process of arguably the world’s greatest living architect as he created his first building in
Australia — University of Technology Sydney’s business school.
The Pool - Screen Australia
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Screen Australia.(2018) The Pool. Retrieved from https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/the-pool-2019/34795/
The series dives into the social, historical, and political role the swimming pool plays within Australian society and psyche. From the original pool (the billabong) to historic pools and iconic coastal pools, Olympic pools, outback pools and the humble backyard pool, the series unearths the history of the pool in Australia.
Airdate: The Pool
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Knox, D(2019). Airdate: The Pool. Retrieved from https://tvtonight.com.au/2019/08/airdate-the-pool.html
The Pool is a two-part documentary series that evokes deep nostalgia and childhood memories to look at Australian identity through the prism of the Pool. The pool is a focal point for leisure and community, but beneath its allure as a hedonistic playground lies the surprising and untold story of a battleground where feminism, racism and sexuality were explored, and sporting heroes born.
The Pool - Ep 1 Our Playground
Goldber, D. (Producer). Aitken, S. (Director) (2019). The Pool. [Motion Picture]. Aust: Mint Pictures