Shifting Sands - Grace: Sugar cane
1998
Shifting Sands - Grace: Sugar cane
1998
- NFSA ID9VESVAR9
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1998
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Grace is walking through the sugar cane fields. In flashback the two sisters, playing in the cane fields, place necklaces around each other's necks, laughing with glee. Grace walks back through the sugar cane. Thunder clouds roll overhead. Loretta strokes the top of her mother's coffin.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
CURATOR'S NOTES
Enoch's drama about how Piety is mourned by a sister and a daughter – is a story about loss and belonging, identities interwoven through family histories.
Grace Synopsis
This short drama from Wesley Enoch depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Grace Curator's Notes
A drama from Wesley Enoch that depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman (Justine Saunders) back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
CREDITS
Production company Crow Films Producer Owen Johnston, Justin Malbon Supervising producer Graeme Isaac Director Wesley Enoch Writer Wesley Enoch Cast Binowee Bayles, Minya Bayles, Wayne Blair, Roxanne McDonald, Justine Saunders
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Grace is walking through the sugar cane fields. In flashback the two sisters, playing in the cane fields, place necklaces around each other's necks, laughing with glee. Grace walks back through the sugar cane. Thunder clouds roll overhead. Loretta strokes the top of her mother's coffin.
Summary by Romaine Moreton
CURATOR'S NOTES
Enoch's drama about how Piety is mourned by a sister and a daughter – is a story about loss and belonging, identities interwoven through family histories.
Grace Synopsis
This short drama from Wesley Enoch depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Grace Curator's Notes
A drama from Wesley Enoch that depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman (Justine Saunders) back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
CREDITS
Production company Crow Films Producer Owen Johnston, Justin Malbon Supervising producer Graeme Isaac Director Wesley Enoch Writer Wesley Enoch Cast Binowee Bayles, Minya Bayles, Wayne Blair, Roxanne McDonald, Justine Saunders
- NFSA ID9VESVAR9
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormSeries
- GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1998
- Production companyCrow FilmsProducerOwen Johnston, Justin MalbonSupervising producerGraeme IsaacDirectorWesley EnochWriterWesley EnochCastBinowee Bayles, Minya Bayles, Wayne Blair, Roxanne McDonald, Justine Saunders
Enoch’s drama about how Piety is mourned by a sister and a daughter – is a story about loss and belonging, identities interwoven through family histories.
Grace Synopsis
This short drama from Wesley Enoch depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Grace Curator's Notes
A drama from Wesley Enoch that depicts the emotional journey of an Indigenous woman (Justine Saunders) back to Australia for the funeral of her sister.
Notes by Romaine Moreton
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