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An Italian-Australian paperboy navigates a xenophobic society in this neorealist-style 1962 short.

A pioneering work by Melbourne filmmaker Giorgio Mangiamele (Clay, MIFF 1965), The Spag centres on young Giovannino, who sells newspapers and cares for his widowed mother while enduring the daily taunts of those who are determined that he remain an outsider.


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Please note: This pre-feature short film screens with Clay.