The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson

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The Drover’s Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is an Australian period drama film that reimagines Henry Lawson’s classic short story through a feminist and Indigenous-focused lens.

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instanceOf Australian film
drama film
film
period drama film
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awardReceived Asia Pacific Screen Award for Best Actress
awardReceivedBy Leah Purcell
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surface form: The Drover’s Wife (short story)
basedOnWorkAuthor Henry Lawson
Leah Purcell
castMember Benedict Hardie
Harry Greenwood
Jessica De Gouw
Leah Purcell
Malachi Dower-Roberts
Rob Collins
Sam Reid
cinematographyBy Mark Wareham
countryOfOrigin Australia
director Leah Purcell
distributor Roadshow Film Distributors
surface form: Roadshow Films
editor Dany Cooper
exploresTheme colonial violence
racism
sexism
survival
genre Indigenous-focused film
Western drama
feminist film
period drama
language English
leadActor Leah Purcell
mainCharacter Molly Johnson
medium feature film
musicBy Saffron Burrows
narrativeFocus Indigenous Australian perspective
feminist reinterpretation of Henry Lawson’s story
producer Bain Stewart
Leah Purcell
releaseYear 2021
runtimeMinutes 109
screenwriter Leah Purcell
settingPeriod 1893
settingPlace Australian Outback
surface form: Australian outback
worldPremiereAt SXSW festival
surface form: South by Southwest
worldPremiereYear 2021

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