Unfolding Florence

aka: The Many Lives of Florence Broadhurst
Australia 2006, 82 minutes
Dir. Gillian Armstrong
Genres: Documentary / Arts & Artists

Topics: Fashion.

Aroview: Profiling eccentric Sydney personality Florence Broadhurst, dir. Gillian Armstrong reveals the lives less ordinary of Australia’s leading interior designer, whose chameleon identity is scrutinized following her unsolved murder in 1977. An intriguing, if appropriately enigmatic collage of interviews and speculation (reenacted through actor Judi Farr), unfolded against Broadhurst’s flamboyant wallpaper designs and infinite creative zest.