Origins - Festival of First Nations
A Sister's Love - (7 May – Ciné Lumière 6.15pm)
Rhoda Roberts, a member of the Bundjalung nation, is a writer, performer, journalist, and artistic director, dealing
with the death of her twin sister, Lois, who disappeared while hitchhiking in 1998. Although the local police refused
even to file a missing persons report because they assumed she had "just gone walkabout", Lois's
brutally murdered remains were found in an isolated part of her Bundjalung homeland some time afterwards.
Her skull has never been found and the perpetrator has still not been caught. A Sister's Love is both
a film about family grief and a reflection of the historical Australian attitude towards indigenous Australians
as second class citizens. This very personal story of Rhoda and her family still dealing with the grief
of a lost loved one is underscored by the racism and bigotry that followed Rhoda and Lois throughout their lives.
- 52 mins
- Director: Ivan Sen. Australia 2007
Venue 3: Ciné Lumière, 17, Queensberry Place, London SW7 £9 (£7). 020 7073 1350.
www.institut-francais.org.uk
Screening with: Dark Science
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