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Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990)

★ 5.0/10 19 min Drama Australia English
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Description

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.

Top Cast

Marcia Langton
Marcia Langton Daughter
Agnes Hardwick Old Mother
Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little Singer
Alkira Fitzgerald Young Daughter
Elizabeth Gentle Young Mother
Liam Wridgeway Boy
Shaun Saunders Boy

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