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Night cries : a rural tragedy / Women Make Movies ; director/writer, Tracey Moffatt ; producer, Penny McDonald ; produced with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Adult children of aging parents--Australia--Drama.
- Adult children of aging parents.
- Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation--Drama.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Mothers and daughters--Australia--Drama.
- Mothers and daughters.
- Adoptees--Australia--Drama.
- Adoptees.
- Aboriginal Australians--Cultural assimilation.
- Australia.
- Genre:
- Short films.
- Fiction films.
- Drama.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 streaming video file (17 min.) : digital, sound, color
- polychrome
- Place of Publication:
- [New York, New York] : [Distributed by] Women Make Movies, [2021]
- System Details:
- System requirements: Firefox 4 and up; Safari 5.0 and up; Chrome version 21 and up; Internet Explorer 8 and up; Flash or HTML5 player.
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- video file
- Summary:
- On an isolated, surreal Australian homestead, a middle-aged Aboriginal woman nurses her dying white mother. The adopted daughter's attentive gestures mask an almost palpable hostility. Their story alludes to the assimilation policy that forced Aboriginal children to be raised in white families.
- Participant:
- Marcia Langton, Agnes Harwick, Jimmy Little.
- Credits:
- Cinematographer, John Whitteron ; editor Philippa Harvey.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced in 1989; previously released in 1991.
- Description based on online resource; title from title frames (Docuseek2, viewed April 19, 2021).
- Publisher Number:
- wm-cries Docuseek2
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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