Source: Senses of Cinema
Director
Rachel Perkins
Writer
Rachel Perkins, John Romeril
Producer
Paul Humfress, Kevin Lucas, Aanya Whitehead
DOP
Kim Batterham
Year
2001
Location
Flinders Ranges, South Australia
Hawker, Flinders Ranges, SA; Leigh Creek, Flinders Ranges, SA; Dubbo, NSW
Type
Short Drama
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Synopsis
A musical drama set in 1930s outback Australia. Entranced by the beautiful, beaming moon, a young girl steps out of her window. When her parents check, she is gone. The local police recommend Aboriginal Tracker Albert, but the father insists ’no blackfella is to set foot on my land’. Albert watches helplessly as her every trace is stamped to dust by the white men conducting a line search. Based on the true story of Aboriginal Tracker Riley in Dubbo. (Source: Screen Australia https://www.screenaustralia.gov.au/the-screen-guide/t/one-night-the-moon-2001/15899?stxt= )
