Shifting Sands – Tears

Clip 2: Crying

1 min 33 sec

Taken from the short film Shifting Sands – Tears (1997)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

Lena (Jamilla Frail) and Vaughn (Luke Carroll) walking on the road. A car pulls up. Vaughn talks to the driver, his friend (Allan Campbell). Lena stands a little distant, disinterested. She looks into the car to see a young mother (Anita Fernando) and a crying baby (Theresa Shields). The driver asks Vaughn if he wants a lift back to the mission – the mish. Vaughn rejects his offer.

Curator’s notes

Tears – the short drama is the prelude to Beneath Clouds that would go on to win an AFI for Sen in 2002 – introduces the young Indigenous characters, as well as their desire to not be constrained by their rural existence and identity.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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