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NFSA Restores: Radiance (1998)
Title:
NFSA Restores: Radiance (1998)
NFSA ID
393464
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
The NFSA has completed a full digital restoration of Radiance (1998).
In the film Radiance, based on the 1993 Louis Nowra stage play, three sisters reunite for the funeral of their mother after having not seen each other for an extended period of time. They are forced to confront their mother's legacy of half-truths, unfinished business and family secrets.
Radiance is a significant Australian film, being Rachel Perkins' first feature and only the second film directed by an Indigenous woman, after Tracey Moffatt's BeDevil (1993). It boasts a powerful female cast including Deborah Mailman, Rachael Maza and Trisha Morton-Thomas.
NFSA Restores: Radiance had its world premiere at the Brisbane International Film Festival in October 2021 and also screened at the 2021 Sydney Film Festival.
Read more about the restoration of Radiance (1998) and watch behind-the-scenes clips from the film.
Producers
Ned Lander, Andrew Myer
Director
Rachel Perkins
Production Company
Eclipse Films
Screenplay
Louis Nowra
Cast
Deborah Mailman, Rachel Maza, Trisha Morton-Thomas
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.