Across five episodes, Rachel explores the game-changing songs, iconic paintings, blockbuster films, best-selling books, jaw-dropping artworks and spine-tingling performances that have helped transform Australians' understanding of our five major wars: World War I, World War II, Vietnam, Afghanistan and the Australian Wars.A descendent of WWI veterans at Gallipoli, Rachel visits key battlegrounds across the globe – in Türkiye, Vietnam and Thailand. Back in Australia, she meets artists, veterans, curators and historians, exploring the unheralded role of art in war, both in the midst of battle and for the generations that follow. From Jimmy Barnes belting out Khe Sanh to Ben Quilty's haunting portraits of Afghanistan war veterans, this is a richly layered series about the real-world impact of art on all of us, on both a personal and national level.When The War Is Over is a provocative and moving examination of how art challenges our myths, memorialises trauma, and redefines heroism, and importantly, the series confronts the legacy of the Australian Wars, an often-overlooked chapter in Australia's war history.
Rachel Griffiths follows in the footsteps of director Peter Weir to understand how his 1981 blockbuster film unintentionally brought an ailing Anzac legend roaring back to life.
Rachel Griffiths sits down with some Aussie rock legends, and heads to the jungles of Vietnam in a bid to understand the music that united a divided nation.
Rachel Griffiths meets artist Ben Quilty to explore the art that not only exposes what happens when the war is over, but helps veterans and their loved ones heal from it.
Rachel Griffiths visits the Burma-Thailand Railway that has become synonymous with WWII Prisoners of War. But a dusty piano in storage at the Australian War Memorial reveals something she could never have imagined.
A country music hit, a forgotten 1880s sketchbook and a monologue that went viral expose wars fought on Australian soil, and an ongoing culture of resistance.
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