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19 July 2008

A Tale of Two Hollywoods and Silenced by the Unspeakable

Singing 'Summertime'

The Tale of Two Hollywoods
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In the 1950s she was a Tinseltown actress, rubbing shoulders with the rich and famous. Now she stars in her very own Hollywood, the Hollywood Hotel, in the back streets of Sydney's Surry Hills. Regina Botros found herself drawn into the world of 77-year-old Doris Goddard - her triumphs, travails, tunes and travels, from one Hollywood to another.

Producer: Regina Botros
Sound Engineer: Timothy Nicastri

Our second feature, Silenced by the Unspeakable, is from the Radio Eye series, Stories about Silence. Two women, one a holocaust survivor and another whose father was a holocaust survivor, explore the idea that some stories are indescribable.

Producer: Natalie Kestecher
Sound Engineer: Andrei Shabunov


Presenter

Brent Clough