Which documentary was created first, The Back of Beyond or The Roosevelts?
The Back of Beyond The Back of Beyond (1954) is a feature-length award-winning Australian documentary film produced and directed by John Heyer for the Shell Film Unit. In terms of breadth of distribution, awards garnered, and critical response, it is Heyer's most successful film. It is also, arguably, Australia's most successful documentary: in 2006 it was included in a book titled "100 Greatest Films of Australian Cinema", with Bill Caske writing that it is "perhaps our [Australia's] national cinema's most well known best kept secret".
Thea Flaum Thea Flaum (born Thea Kharasch; September 17, 1938) was an American television producer best known as the creator of "Sneak Previews", the movie review show featuring Roger Ebert and Gene Siskel. She is currently the president of the Hill Foundation for Families Living with Disabilities, a non-profit organization founded by Thea Flaum and her husband, Robert A. Hill.