Jindalee Lady
Brian Syron | Australia 1992 | 86 min
Jindalee Lady tells the story of a young Aboriginal woman sets out to build a career in the fashion industry. It is an urban love triangle involving an Aboriginal fashion designer, her white music executive husband and an Aboriginal cinematographer.
Lauren is a rising, beautiful Aboriginal woman at the top of her professional game as an elite Australian fashion designer, but her philandering husband David neglects her constantly.
His constant absence mixed with suave flirtation trap her in their one-sided, painful relationship until she walks in on him cheating with one of her star models.
Disgusted, disillusioned and angry, she flies into the arms of a handsome, steadfast lover of Aboriginal decent and decides to start her life anew. But as she manages her business, with a new lover besides, can Lauren find happiness in her new life without David? Or will she run back to his destructive charms?
With numerous references to Lauren's ancestral heritage, Jindalee Lady paints a brilliant story of Aboriginal men and women fighting for respect and success in modern society.
My community believes it is essential for the survival of my race that we see ourselves living in urban Australia, involved in personal and emotional issues that do not exclusively revolved around poverty and lower socio economic groupings.—Brian Syron
I would like to add my support to your edeavours in producing a film aiming to present an image, both positive and successful, of Aboriginal people. Films such as Jindalee Lady assist in promoting an understanding of Aboriginal aims and aspirations to the wider community and by doing so help understanding between Aboriginal people and other Australians. —Robert Tickner, Minister for Aboriginal Affairs 1990 - 1996 [1]
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| Release dates | 1992 - Australia | ||
| Video/DVD Release Date | not available | ||
| Awards | 1992 - Best Feature Film and first feature film by a First Nations Director, Dreamspeakers International Film and Arts Festival, Edmonton, Canada | ||
| Rating | not available | ||
| Language level | not available | ||
| Distributor | AsiaPacificFilms.com | ||
| Soundtrack | Bart Willoughby | ||
| Genre | Drama | ||
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| Find this movie | Indigenous film suppliers and distributors |
Many people may wonder how many people of Chinese, Indian, French or Polish origin have made a feature film in Australia. I have no idea. What I do know is that there have been many Chinese, Indian, French and Polish people who have directed feature films in China, India, France and Poland—but only two Aboriginal people have ever directed a feature film in Australia—their own country.—Brian Syron
Where to from here?
- Aboriginal people and their challenges
- Learn more about Aboriginal culture
- Take the Aboriginal Australia Test
[1] 'Kicking Down The Doors - A History of Indigenous Australian Filmmaking' 1968 to 1993
Thanks to Andrew Bushnell for pointing me to this movie.