Dreaming in Motion - Shit Skin: 'You always were dark'
2002
Dreaming in Motion - Shit Skin: 'You always were dark'
2002
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Luke (Kirk Page) and Grandma Nina (Freda Glynn) walk into the old mission house. Here, Grandma Nina encounters ghosts of yesteryear. They find out that Grandma Nina's mother has long passed away. Once again, we are at the waterhole. Luke tells his grandmother how he used to be teased at school when the others called him 'shit skin', and he never knew why he went so dark over summer.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
CURATOR'S NOTES
A beautiful short film that tells of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson.
Other films in the AFC Indigenous Branch drama initiative Dreaming in Motion are Black Talk, Flat, Mimi and Turn Around (all 2002).
Shit Skin Synopsis
A short drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she may reconnect with her surviving family.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
CREDITS
Production company Sista Girl Productions Producer Kimba Thompson Executive producer Sally Riley Director Nicholas Boseley Writer Nicholas Boseley Cast Frank Couchy, Freda Glynn, Emily Hayes, Desmond Kunoth, Kirk Page, Max Stuart, Marly Wells
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Luke (Kirk Page) and Grandma Nina (Freda Glynn) walk into the old mission house. Here, Grandma Nina encounters ghosts of yesteryear. They find out that Grandma Nina's mother has long passed away. Once again, we are at the waterhole. Luke tells his grandmother how he used to be teased at school when the others called him 'shit skin', and he never knew why he went so dark over summer.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
CURATOR'S NOTES
A beautiful short film that tells of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson.
Other films in the AFC Indigenous Branch drama initiative Dreaming in Motion are Black Talk, Flat, Mimi and Turn Around (all 2002).
Shit Skin Synopsis
A short drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she may reconnect with her surviving family.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
CREDITS
Production company Sista Girl Productions Producer Kimba Thompson Executive producer Sally Riley Director Nicholas Boseley Writer Nicholas Boseley Cast Frank Couchy, Freda Glynn, Emily Hayes, Desmond Kunoth, Kirk Page, Max Stuart, Marly Wells
- Production companySista Girl ProductionsProducerKimba ThompsonExecutive producerSally RileyDirectorNicholas BoseleyWriterNicholas BoseleyCastFrank Couchy, Freda Glynn, Emily Hayes, Desmond Kunoth, Kirk Page, Max Stuart, Marly Wells
A beautiful short film that tells of the relationship between a grandmother and her grandson.
Other films in the AFC Indigenous Branch drama initiative Dreaming in Motion are Black Talk, Flat, Mimi and Turn Around (all 2002).
Shit Skin Synopsis
A short drama about a young man who takes his grandmother back to the place of her childhood so that she may reconnect with her surviving family.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
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