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A small hut nestled in the hills. Koorine (Carrie Prosser) is sitting and writing by the light of a lamp. Her brother teases her as he walks past. Koorine fantasises about being a glamorous swimmer. Aboriginal kids, Koorine amongst them, walk up the street laughing. Koorine sees May (Megan Drury) on the other side of the street. She crosses the road to speak to her white friends. Koorine’s mother’s boyfriend (David Page) pulls up in a truck, and all the Aboriginal kids except Koorine get into the back. Koorine instead walks off with her white friends.
Curator’s notes
Koorine is a character who represents a moment in history where Indigenous people would identify as another race in order to gain access to public areas and privileges, or just to avoid vilification. The whole idea of 'passing’ is still an active part of Aboriginal identity.
