SYNOPSIS
BIRDS OF A FEATHER is about Patty Mark and Debra Tranter; two women
from suburban Melbourne who became radical activists fighting for the rights of
battery hens. A story of conflicting roles and identities, the program is a study
of passion - that ineffable source of meaning and life-purpose that motivates someone
to fight for a cause. Engendered as easily by a personal sense of lack as it is
by abundance, passion is seen as something that once roused can have a terrible
life-force of its own. Recorded over six years, this intimate portrait explores
how Patty and Deb found what it was they were looking for.
Duration: 50:00
FEATURING
Patty Mark, Debra Tranter and their families; The Action Animal Rescue Team; Constable
D. Ford of the Victorian Police; and Peter Barber of the RSPCA.
CREDITS
Producer: Kyla Brettle
Executive Producer: Tony MacGregor
Final Audio Mix: Richard Girvan at ABC Southbank Studios, Melbourne, Australia.
Produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Radio National, Radio Eye.
BIRDS OF A FEATHER incorporates materials from THE PECKING ORDER, a television documentary
commissioned by ABC Television, financed by the Film Finance Corporation, produced
by Cristina Pozzan of Buona Notte Film Productions and co-directed by Kyla Brettle
and Greg Spiller.
© ABC Radio National and Kyla Brettle 2003
First broadcast
on ABC Radio National Radio Eye on Saturday 28th June 2003.
The programme is dedicated to the memory of Marjorie Julienne Huntley
Photography by Greg Spiller.
LISTEN
Listen to Birds of a Feather
here.