Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
Clip 1: The outhouse
2 min 17 sec
Taken from the short film Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1989)
Original title classification G – this clip chosen to be PG
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Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
An old woman is pushed in a wheelchair by her Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton) along a trail lined with rocks. They come to a stop by an outside toilet. The Aboriginal woman waits.
Curator’s notes
An evocative moment in Night Cries summarising the depth of care required. The Aboriginal daughter, now a primary carer of her ailing mother, is bound to this role and place by the mother’s dependency upon her. It suggests a responsibility that comes at the cost of the Aboriginal daughter’s own freedom and journey.
Romaine Moreton, curator
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