Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

19 mins | Drama | Dec. 31, 1990

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.

Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy

19 mins | Drama | Dec. 31, 1990

Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
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.
IMDb rating 6.1
Producers Australian Film Commission
Original title Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy
Directors Tracey Moffatt
Writers Tracey Moffatt

Cast

Marcia Langton

as Daughter

Agnes Hardwick

as Old Mother

Jimmy Little

as Singer

Alkira Fitzgerald

as Young Daughter

Elizabeth Gentle

as Young Mother