Leah Purcell
Molly Johnson
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- Rob CollinsYadaka
- Sam ReidSergeant Klintoff
- Jessica De GouwLouisa
- Malachi Dower-RobertsDanny Johnson
Jobe Zammit-HarveyHenry James Johnson- Harry GreenwoodJohn MaPharlen
- Victoria HaralabidouElpida Savva
- Nash Zammit-HarveyJoe Junior Johnson
- Anthony CoginRobert Parsons
Benedict HardieLeslie- Amahlia OlssonDelphi Johnson
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, or simply The Drover's Wife, is a 2021 Australian revisionist Western film directed, written, and co-produced by Leah Purcell in her feature directorial debut.
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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson occasionally struggles to cohere, but writer-director-star Leah Purcell offers a unique, compelling perspective on historic myths.
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- Leah Purcell
- Leah Purcell
- Drama, Western
Aug 19, 2022 · Henry Lawson’s 1892 short story The Drover’s Wife is a core Australian text, the tale of a woman living in a remote rural cabin in the outback of the late 19 th century. Her husband is away for months at a time, driving livestock, and when a snake approaches her cabin, she protects her children.
May 10, 2021 · After some initial reluctance fueled by vigilance, she offers places at her table for two travelers: Sgt. Nate Klintoff (Sam Reid), who’s been assigned to enforce British law in the nearby...
In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property.
May 5, 2022 · The Drover’s Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson is a reimagining of Leah Purcell’s acclaimed play and Henry Lawson’s classic short story. A searing Australian Western with love, family, protection, survival, truth and racism at its heart, it asks: how far do you go to protect the ones you love?
Mar 18, 2021 · Leah Purcell's Australian Western 'The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson' reimagines a classic of colonial literature from an Indigenous feminist perspective, depicting the...
