| Reference Type |
Portland Observer
newspaper
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| Title |
Richard Frankland - taking deaths in custody to the world |
| Author(s) | Anna Flanders |
| Publication Date |
21-06-1996 |
| Page Number |
4 |
| Comments |
Discusses the humanist representations in the film and how these attempt to present a different, more personal, portrayal of the victims. Frankland discusses his attempt to generate public awareness of the emotional aspects of the issue in order to subvert the usual, politicised representations offered by non-Indigenous Australians.
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| Synopsis |
Discusses Richard Frankland's motivation for writing and directing No Way To Forget.
Includes comments by Frankland pertaining to his Aboriginal heritage and how this has influenced his account of Aboriginal deaths in custody depicted in No Way To Forget.
Provides comments by Frankland concerning the importance of portraying the deaths in a more sensitive manner than previous representations by the Australian media.
Discusses the impact these deaths had on Aboriginal famillies and communities and how the pain and suffering of the families is often forgotten.
Includes a photograph of Richard Frankland, his mother Christine Saunders and Wal Saunders, manager of the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.
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