ABC Doco on Janet Frame

JANET FRAME AND THE MARGIN

This documentary on Janet Frame was broadcast this week on Australia's

ABC Hindsight programme,

and is currently available for download.

The programme presents a wide variety of views of Frame -

I know that Janet Frame herself was sometimes infuriated

by the exaggerated characterisation

of her as "on the margin" -

but there should be something there to interest a fan.

The interviews were done some time ago for a Radio France documentary and have apparently been re-edited for English language consumption.

In fact the re-edit seems to be a classic example of the ability of the media

to selectively edit interviews to suit any agenda.