Rats in the Ranks

Sep 05, 1996 1h 33m

3 votes

Synopsis

Every September Sydney's inner-suburban Leichhardt Council re-elects it mayor. Incumbent Larry Hand was popular with the citizenry but they don't vote for mayor - the 12 councillors do - and after three years of Larry, at least four councillors were after his job. When film-makers Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson settled in at Leichhardt Council in early 1994 the knives were already being sharpened. A battle royal was in the making, and so it came to pass. By the end of September Larry had fought the fight of his life, with Connolly and Anderson documenting every bit of it on film. Ambition, courage, envy, hatred, loyalty, betrayal, disaster, triumph... in other words, a classic study in politics.

Title	Rats in the Ranks
Companies	Film Australia, Arundel Films, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, La Sept-Arte, Channel 4 Television
Countries	Australia
Keywords	sydney, australia, australia, politics, mayor, woman director