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Bit of Black Business – Hush (2007)

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Mary has a new magazine

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Ethel (Auriel Andrews) arrives at Mary’s (Marlene Cummins) and they prepare to settle in for a night of naughtiness.

Curator’s notes

In the production notes for Hush, writer-director Dena Curtis states that 'I wanted to explore the role reversal between the mother and daughter and how sometimes the daughter, with all the right intentions, can become overbearing and forget that her mother is actually quite capable of looking after herself’.