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.
Tracey Moffatt
Director, Writer
Marcia Langton
Daughter
Agnes Hardwick
Old Mother
Jimmy Little
Singer
Alkira Fitzgerald
Young Daughter
Elizabeth Gentle
Young Mother
Liam Wridgeway
Boy
Shaun Saunders
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