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  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. May 10, 2021 · His wife Louisa is far more sympathetic, something the movie visualizes with unfortunate heavy-handedness in a late scene that probably worked better on stage. But while Molly appreciates the...

  4. Jun 16, 2021 · Starring Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid & Jessica de Gouw. The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson only in cinemas October 14. A new Australian legend from visionary...

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  5. Aug 19, 2022 · 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.

  6. 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...

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  8. May 5, 2022 · Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri filmmaker Leah Purcell has walked a long and winding road from relishing a beloved bedtime story read by her late mother, to the big-screen debut of bush epic...

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