Short Changed

Clip 1: Forgetting about the past

2 min 22 sec

Taken from the feature Short Changed (1985)

Original title classification M – this clip chosen to be PG

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Curator’s clip description

Stuart Wilkins (David Kennedy) goes to a Sydney boarding school to find his son Tommy (Jamie Agius). The Catholic principal (Rhys McConnochie) tells him to come back when he has arranged it with the child’s mother. The boy’s grandfather (Ray Meagher) warns Stuart to keep away from Tommy.

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