Two Bob Mermaid

  • 15'
  • Australia
  • 1996
Koorine is a young girl growing up in a country town in 1957. At that time Aboriginal people were not welcome in public swimming pools and had to sit separately at the movies. Koorine desperately wants to enter the Million Dollar Mermaid swimming contest. She has a choice because she "looks white". Then a fight breaks out at the swimming pool between her Koori friends and her white friends. Who does she support?
  • 15'
  • Australia
  • 1996
Director
Darlene Johnson
Country of production
Australia
Year
1996
Festival Edition
IFFR 2003
Length
15'
Medium
16mm
Language
English
Producer
Antonia Barnard
Screenplay
Darlene Johnson
Director
Darlene Johnson
Country of production
Australia
Year
1996
Festival Edition
IFFR 2003
Length
15'
Medium
16mm
Language
English
Producer
Antonia Barnard
Screenplay
Darlene Johnson