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Synopsis
A short experimental film shot totally in a studio, it is 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.
Curator's notes
A short film written and directed by Tracey Moffatt, Night Cries is promoted as a possible sequel to Chauvel's feature film Jedda. What would have happened had Jedda survived, and became the primary carer of her white mother? Moffatt, one of Australia's most famous vi