Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
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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.
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Cast
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Marcia Langton
Daughter
Also in
The Darkside
Agnes Hardwick
Old Mother
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Tracey Moffatt
Also in
Bedevil
Union Street
Penny McDonald
Jimmy Little
Singer
Known for
Until the End of the World
Alkira Fitzgerald
Young Daughter
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Elizabeth Gentle
Young Mother
Also in
Two Friends
Footy Legends
Liam Wridgeway
Boy
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Shaun Saunders
Boy
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Tracey Moffatt Director · Phillippa Harvey Editor Rosalea Hood Costume designer
First release December 31, 1990 · Produced in Australia
Production
Australian Film Commission
Production
Australia
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Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · December 31, 1990
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
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