Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

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Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy (1990)

Directed by Tracey Moffatt

Drama · 19m

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

Marcia Langton Daughter
A
Agnes Hardwick Old Mother Jimmy Little Singer
A
Alkira Fitzgerald Young Daughter
E
Elizabeth Gentle Young Mother
L
Liam Wridgeway Boy
S
Shaun Saunders Boy

Crew

Director
Tracey Moffatt
Writer
Tracey Moffatt
Editor
Phillippa Harvey
Producer
Penny McDonald

Details

Release date
1990-12-31
Runtime
19m
Genres
Drama
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Australia
Production
Australian Film Commission