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Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

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Calorie Rating: 27
Released: 1990-12-31
Running Time: 19 Minutes
Studios: Australian Film Commission,


A short film about the relationship between an Aboriginal daughter and her white mother. The daughter, now the sole carer of her dying mother, dreams of far away places, the haunted look in her eyes loaded with a sense of what could have been. Famous Aboriginal singer, Jimmy Little, sings 'Royal Telephone', evoking the presence of Christianity and its role in the assimilation of Aboriginal people. The final scene sees the daughter lying in a foetal position next to her mother, crying. Assimilation, then, can be understood as a pain experienced by both the Aboriginal daughter as well as the white mother.

Director / Directors

Molly Pullicino
First Assistant Director


Cast

Marcia Langton
Character: Daughter
Agnes Hardwick
Character: Old Mother
Jimmy Little
Character: Singer

Alkira Fitzgerald
Character: Young Daughter
Elizabeth Gentle
Character: Young Mother
Liam Wridgeway
Character: Boy

Shaun Saunders
Character: Boy


Production and Crew

Penny McDonald
Production Manager

John Whitteron
Cinematography
Stephen Curtis
Art Direction

Rosalea Hood
Costume Designer
Violette Fontaine
Makeup & Hair
Roger Cowland
Visual Effects