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Shifting Sands - My Bed Your Bed: Promise husband
Title:
Shifting Sands - My Bed Your Bed: Promise husband
NFSA ID
370994
Year
1998
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
In a night-time ceremony around a fire, a small girl is told she is promised to a husband. In the present day, the girl now a young woman soon to be married, Della (Urshula Yovich) packs her gear and climbs into a truck and reverses a few hundred metres to her new homestead.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
A wonderful comedic introduction to the modern day version of the ancient ritual of promise marriage within Indigenous communities.
My Bed Your Bed Synopsis
A young couple promised in marriage to each other as children, now move in together and the courtship truly begins.
My Bed Your Bed Curator's Notes
A short romantic drama from Erica Glynn that uses the power of silence to communicate the tension between two characters who have been promised to each other.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
Production company
Chili Films
Producer
Penny McDonald
Supervising producer
Graeme Isaac
Director
Erica Glynn
Writer
Erica Glynn
Cast
Trevor Jamieson, Ursula Yovich
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