The Secret River is an epic tragedy in which a good man is compelled by desperation, fear, ambition and love for his family to participate in a crime of inhuman savagery.
Through the deeply personal story of early convict colonists William Thornhill and his wife Sal, The Secret River raises the question of when two worlds collide, who is wrong and who is right?
The dispossession of Indigenous Australians is made comprehensible and ultimately heart-breaking, as Thornhill's claim over a piece of land by a beautiful river brings his family and neighbours into a fight for survival with its traditional custodians.
I just copied that from the back of the DVD cover. It's a two-part movie. A fair bit of flintlock action, both long gun and pistol. I think the long ones might be Brown Bess, although I think the farmer gets his hands on something else - not sure. Pretty sad, confronting movie. Well made, I thought.
Through the deeply personal story of early convict colonists William Thornhill and his wife Sal, The Secret River raises the question of when two worlds collide, who is wrong and who is right?
The dispossession of Indigenous Australians is made comprehensible and ultimately heart-breaking, as Thornhill's claim over a piece of land by a beautiful river brings his family and neighbours into a fight for survival with its traditional custodians.
I just copied that from the back of the DVD cover. It's a two-part movie. A fair bit of flintlock action, both long gun and pistol. I think the long ones might be Brown Bess, although I think the farmer gets his hands on something else - not sure. Pretty sad, confronting movie. Well made, I thought.
