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Night cries : a rural tragedy / a film by Tracey Moffatt ; director/writer, Tracey Moffatt ; producer, Penny McDonald ; produced with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission.
Van Pelt - Video Collection (ask at Circulation Desk) DVD 032 793
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- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Parent and adult child--Drama.
- Parent and adult child.
- Mothers and daughters--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian.
- Home nursing.
- Sandwich generation.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Adult children of aging parents--Drama.
- Sandwich generation--Drama.
- Home nursing--Drama.
- Women, Aboriginal Australian--Drama.
- Short films.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Drama.
- Short films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 videodisc (17 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
- polychrome
- Distribution:
- New York, NY : Distributed by Women Make Movies, 1990.
- System Details:
- DVD-R, NTSC, Region 1; full screen (1.33:1 aspect ratio) presentation.
- digital
- optical
- NTSC
- video file
- DVD video
- region 1
- Summary:
- A fictional story in which a middle-aged Aboriginal woman resents the responsibility of caring for her old white mother. Her memories and dreams invade her routine until the old woman's mortality fuels the daughter's guilt and loss. Filmed entirely in a studio, with vibrantly colored sets and extremely creative use of ambient sound.
- Participant:
- Marcia Langton, Agnes Hardwick, Jimmy Little, Alkira Fitzgerald, Elizabeth Gentle.
- Credits:
- Director/writer, Tracey Moffatt; Producer, Penny McDonald; Cinematographer, John Whitteron; Art director, Stephen Curtis; editor, Phillippa Harvey; soundscape effects, Debra Petrovitch.
- Notes:
- Originally produced in 1989.
- "Night cries: a rural tragedy, a film by Tracey Moffatt. Color, 1990, 19 minutes. A Women Make Movies release"--Disc surface.
- Includes public performance rights for University of Pennsylvania only. Streaming not allowed without a separate license. Resource Sharing not permitted.
- OCLC:
- 857618338
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