Movie: Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

Top 7 Billed Cast

Marcia Langton
Marcia Langton

Daughter

Agnes Hardwick
Agnes Hardwick

Old Mother

Jimmy Little
Jimmy Little

Singer

Alkira Fitzgerald
Alkira Fitzgerald

Young Daughter

Elizabeth Gentle
Elizabeth Gentle

Young Mother

Liam Wridgeway
Liam Wridgeway

Boy

Shaun Saunders
Shaun Saunders

Boy

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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.

  • Release Date

    1990-12-31

  • Average

    4.7

  • Rating:

    2.4 starts
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  • Languages:

    English
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