Farewell Margaret Anne Smith
19 May 2015
Sadly the dedicated independent filmmaker, Margaret Anne Smith, passed away in Sydney on 18 May 2015.
Margaret was a significant part of our life at Ronin. Personally, I knew her for maybe close to 50 years, from student days at the ANU onwards. She was a tenacious battler, holding strong principles and doing her best as a lone artist to stand by those principles. She always did things her own way no matter what, and though she never gained the institutional support that her work deserved, she was never bitter: she took rejections philosophically and remained determined to get the results she wanted by herself.
Some of her films, like A SMARTER COUNTRY and SHOCK TREATMENT, addressed urgent public issues. Others were reflections on history and culture, especially Indigenous Australia, such as NORTH OF CAPRICORN (currently under license to NITV).
Here is a biographical note:
www.roninfilms.com.au/person/252/margaret-anne-smith.html
We will post information about her funeral in due course.