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Nov 9, 2021 · Citing three generations of drovers in her own family, Purcell explained in a recent interview how, as a five-year-old girl, she would implore her mother to read Lawson’s story to her. For ...
May 13, 2022 · Indigenous Australian writer, director, and actress Leah Purcell talks about reimagining Henry Lawson’s short story and inserting her family history into 'The Legend of Molly Johnson'.
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Leah might have gotten out of Murgon, but she never left her people. A Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka woman, she is the storyteller, the holder and keeper of the stories. For 30 years now she has been telling the story of her family, of her mother and grandmother. "I'm a truth-teller. All I can share is the truth in my family's stories, because that's al...
Leah was the youngest of Florence's seven children. Born when Florence was 42 it was just her and her mother. "I was her shoulder to cry on. I had a lot of responsibility as a child. My job was to protect her and look after her." Her father was a white man, the local butcher and boxing trainer, who lived with his white wife and three children on th...
Leah started in community theatre in Brisbane in the early '90s. Her cousin set her up on a blind date with Bain Stewart and 30 years later they are still going strong. Bain was a champion kickboxer who ran a martial arts gym. Like Leah, his mother was Aboriginal, his father white. "He knew I was interested in acting and he really encouraged me wit...
Leah was about to semi-retire from acting to concentrate on her writing when she was offered one of the three leads in Wentworth. "And I said, 'Just let me talk to the actor in me'. And, you know, I was screaming with joy. I loved Wentworth because we women had kickass, bad-ass, boss-bitch moments." In 2014, she was awarded the Balnaves Foundation ...
May 4, 2022 · Having successfully adapted The Drover’s Wife as both a play and novel, Leah Purcell continues her fascination with the classic of Australian literature in this new film.
Jul 23, 2021 · Leah Purcell on ‘The Drover’s Wife’. Purcell expanded the story further for the novel and now the film. And while she sees her mother in Molly, there is also a lot of Purcell’s own resilience.
The Legend of Molly Johnson: Directed by Leah Purcell. With Leah Purcell, Rob Collins, Sam Reid, Jessica De Gouw. A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.
Apr 26, 2022 · Writer, director and leading actress Leah Purcell talks about her deep connection to the Snowy Mountains landscape in making her new feature film The Drover’s Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson. Whilst filming the acclaimed drama Jindabyne in 2006, Leah Purcell felt a deep connection to the land of the Snowy Mountains and knew she’d be back ...
