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Clip description
Essie’s nephew, Eddie, is one of the 'Stolen Generations’. He has returned to Brewarrina, having been adopted out and raised by a white family in Sydney. He plays the organ, which is fitting music for Essie’s cousin, Priscilla Boney. Priscilla is visiting the grave of her son, Lloyd, who died in custody. Priscilla speaks about Lloyd and the family.
Curator’s notes
Martha Ansara received a call from Essie who said, 'I want you to come up with a camera’. Ansara didn’t realise that all along Essie had another film in mind. Essie had an interesting way of working. She would never explain anything to her collaborators, Ansara and Kit Guyatt, but would tell them to do things without saying why.
On one occasion, Essie said, 'I want you to go and pick up my cousin Priscilla and take her where she wants to go’. Ansara and Guyatt did as they were told, film gear in hand. Priscilla was waiting for them with flowers and they went to the cemetery to visit Lloyd’s grave. The result is a very moving scene in the film.
