Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
31/12/1990
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.
Movie Information
Marcia Langton
as Daughter
Agnes Hardwick
as Old Mother
Jimmy Little
as Singer
Alkira Fitzgerald
as Young Daughter
Elizabeth Gentle
as Young Mother
Liam Wridgeway
as Boy
Shaun Saunders
as Boy
