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1 online resource (streaming video file) (1 hr. 21 min. 19 sec.) ; 489043271 bytes |
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*Adult Themes, Coarse Language, Violence**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and voices of people who have died*Based on Kate Grenville's multi-award-winning novel, The Secret River tells the deeply personal story of Will Thornhill (Oliver Jackson-Cohen) and Sal Thornhill (Sarah Snook), early convict colonists who lay claim to a plot of land on the then remote Hawkesbury River.The Secret River dramatises the British colonisation of Australia in microcosm, with the dispossession of Indigenous Australians made comprehensible and ultimately heart-breaking as Will Thornhill's claim over a piece of land he titles Thornhill's Point brings his family and neighbours into conflict with the traditional owners of the land.Will Thornhill is driven by an oppressed, impoverished past and a desperate need to provide a safe home for his beloved family in a strange, foreboding land.The Secret River is an epic tragedy in which a good man is compelled by desperation, fear, ambition and love for his family to participate in a terrible crime against humanity.Also stars Lachy Hulme, Tim Minchin, Trevor Jamieson and Genevieve Lemon.PRODUCTION DETAILS:Directed by Daina Reid. Produced by Stephen Luby. Screenplay by Jan Sardi and Mac Gudgeon. ABC TV Executive Producers: Carole Sklan, Greer Simpkin and Sue Masters. A Ruby Entertainment Production in association with ABC TV, Screen Australia and Film Victoria |
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Closed captioning in English |
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Broadcast 2015-06-14 at 20:30:00 |
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Classification: M |
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Aboriginal Australians -- Land tenure.
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Land tenure -- Economic aspects.
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Penal colonies.
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Squatter settlements.
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Violence -- Social aspects.
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Colonies -- Social life and customs.
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New South Wales -- Hawkesbury River Region.
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Streaming video
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Reid, Daina, director
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Hulme, Lachy, cast
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Jamieson, Trevor, cast
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Lemon, Genevieve, cast
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Minchin, Tim, cast
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