The film was based on the book Underground, by Suelette Dreyfus, which is now online in freely downloadable form. It sounds like it's well worth a read.
http://www.cinemanova.com.au/dose.html
It was screened at the Nova in Lygon St, Melbourne. About as far from the clandestine meetingplaces mentioned in the film as you can get, I would imagine ... although the Blues Brothers Show mentioned in Underground is about to wind up in a couple of months ... better start hitting the Op Shops for a black coat and pants soon!
http://www.theage.com.au/text/articles/2003/02/10/1044725733610.htm
(Sorry I missed it, acb)
Apparently the ABC plan to run it, but haven't scheduled it yet. (They're a bit iffy about documentaries using actors, and then there's the whole terrorism thing which is a bit touchy these days.)
I missed it due to a lecture, but was hoping it'd get a run on TV. I'm curious to know what the audience was like; retro-hax0r types, or the usual Nova crew?
There were a few slightly-overweight, black-leather-jacketed geek types talking in a group outside the Nova after the film. For a while it looked like a role-playing convention or something.
Well cnwb, when the doco was screened a couple of weeks ago on tv, it was enjoyed by a number of retro types who were around in those days :)
I thought I recognised that story, I read that book a few years ago. Where was the movie screaned ? I'm interested to see if it's getting a general release, or will be shown up in Sydney