Imagine that you’re a Koorie, that you’re in your mid-twenties, that your job is to look into the lives of the dead and the process, policy and attitude that killed them.
Jack is employed by Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths in Custody. In his role he listens to the stories of grieving families and re-creates the lives of those who have died. A powerful, savage play which takes you into the aching sorrow of deaths in custody.
Richard Frankland is a filmmaker, musician, poet and activist. He has been an artist for over forty years. As a Field Investigator for the Royal Commission into Black Deaths in Custody in the late 1980s, he was left with an urge to change attitudes. He has made a significant mark as a Koori filmmaker, winning awards for his string of documentaries and short films: Harry’s War, No Way To Forget and After Mabo. His songs have been recorded by Archie Roach and Tiddas and his latest album is Dingo’s Brekky. Frankland is the co-founder of Taram Records was formerly General Manager of Ilbijerri.
Author Richard Frankland
Publisher Currency Press
Date of Publication 2002
ISBN 9780868196626 (print)
Category Drama
