Set in the Northern Territory, Jedda tells the story of an Indigenous baby adopted by a white woman. She grows up with an expectation that she’ll marry a mixed-race stockman, only to be abducted by the bad, mad and ‘primitive’ Marbuk who lures her to her death.
Many layers lie beneath the film’s story making it not only a seminal piece but also a classic. Jane Mills unpeels these many layers and in so doing finds Jedda intriguing because its meaning is not fixed and because of the many mysteries embedded in its story, soundtrack and images.
JANE MILLS is Associate Professor of Communication in the School of Communication and Creative Industries at Charles Sturt University and the Series Editor of Australian Screen Classics. She has a production background in journalism, radio, television and documentary film, and has written and broadcast widely on cinema, censorship, feminism, sociolinguistics and human rights. Her current research interests concern screen literacy and Geocriticism and her recent books include The Money Shot: Cinema, Sin and Censorship and Loving and Hating Hollywood: Reframing Global and Local Cinemas.
| Cast Info | - |
| Genres | Screenplays/Screen books |
| Themes | First Nations |
| Audiences | Adult |
| Extent | 104 |
| Edition | First |
| Size | 190 x 135 |
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