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'In the Snowy Mountains, Hell hath no fury like a mother scorned. A searing reimagining of Leah Purcell's play and Henry Lawson's classic short story.'
Source: Screen Australia.
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Funded by Screen Australia in 2017.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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Leah Purcell Weaves Her Indigenous Songlines into New Film The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson
2022
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2022;'When Leah Purcell was filming the acclaimed movie Jindabyne in 2006, she would go up into the Snowy Mountains on her days off.' (Introduction)
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The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson Review : Henry Lawson Tale Turns Revisionist Western in Leah Purcell’s Hands
2022
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;
— Review of The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson 2020 single work film/TV -
The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson Is a Compelling Story Weaving in Present and Historical Truths
2022
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— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;'When The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is released in cinemas across the country this week, it will be another feather in the cap for lead actor, writer, director and co-producer of the film, Leah Purcell, on a journey lasting almost five decades.'
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From Loveland to Blueback : 10 Australian Films to Look Out for in 2022
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 January 2022;
— Review of Loveland 2022 single work film/TV ; Three Thousand Years of Longing 2022 single work film/TV ; Seriously Red 2022 single work film/TV ; The Survival of Kindness 2022 single work film/TV ; Blueback 2022 single work film/TV ; Gold 2021 single work film/TV ; You Can Go Now 2022 single work film/TV ; Elvis 2022 single work film/TV ; The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson 2020 single work film/TV -
First Nations Storytellers Are Taking the Film World by Storm
2021
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— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 October no. 762 2021; (p. 4) 'Actor Leah Purcell as been nominated for a prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Award for her performance in The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson.'
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The Drover’s Wife : the Legend of Molly Johnson Brings a Black Woman’s Perspective to Australian Frontier Films
2021
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 10 November 2021;
— Review of The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson 2020 single work film/TV -
From Loveland to Blueback : 10 Australian Films to Look Out for in 2022
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 3 January 2022;
— Review of Loveland 2022 single work film/TV ; Three Thousand Years of Longing 2022 single work film/TV ; Seriously Red 2022 single work film/TV ; The Survival of Kindness 2022 single work film/TV ; Blueback 2022 single work film/TV ; Gold 2021 single work film/TV ; You Can Go Now 2022 single work film/TV ; Elvis 2022 single work film/TV ; The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson 2020 single work film/TV -
The Drover's Wife the Legend of Molly Johnson Review : Henry Lawson Tale Turns Revisionist Western in Leah Purcell’s Hands
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;
— Review of The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson 2020 single work film/TV -
Woodheaps and Chopping Blocks : Talking to Leah Purcell, Leticia Cáceres and Stephen Curtis about The Drover’s Wife
Demelza Hall
(interviewer),
2019
single work
interview
— Appears in: Overland [Online] , October 2019;'This interview with some of the cast and crew of Belvoir Street Theatre’s 2016 production of The Drover’s Wife – including Goa-Gunggari-Wakka Wakka Murri writer and actor, Leah Purcell, director, Leticia Cáceres, and set designer, Stephen Curtis – was conducted via a series of emails, text messages, and transcribed phone conversations during 2018 and 2019. Inspired by my ongoing conversations with Leah’s manager and partner Bain Stewart, I have chosen to present these interviews as an overlapping Q&A session in order to capture the intensely collaborative nature of the production and bring together the various processes and values that informed the adaptation of this classic Australian text.' (Introduction)
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Actor, Director and Writer Leah Purcell
2021
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— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 5-12 November 2021; 'Leah Purcell’s life and spirituality are expressed directly through her work, as writer, director and performer.' -
First Nations Storytellers Are Taking the Film World by Storm
2021
single work
column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 October no. 762 2021; (p. 4) 'Actor Leah Purcell as been nominated for a prestigious Asia Pacific Screen Award for her performance in The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson.' -
The Drover's Wife : The Legend of Molly Johnson Is a Compelling Story Weaving in Present and Historical Truths
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , May 2022;'When The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson is released in cinemas across the country this week, it will be another feather in the cap for lead actor, writer, director and co-producer of the film, Leah Purcell, on a journey lasting almost five decades.'
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Leah Purcell Weaves Her Indigenous Songlines into New Film The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson
2022
single work
column
— Appears in: ABC News [Online] , June 2022;'When Leah Purcell was filming the acclaimed movie Jindabyne in 2006, she would go up into the Snowy Mountains on her days off.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 2022 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Film
- 2022 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Director
- 2022 nominated Film Critics Circle of Australia — Best Screenplay - Original or Adapted
- 2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Director
- 2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Screenplay
- Snowy Mountains, Cooma - Snowy - Bombala area, Southeastern NSW, New South Wales,
- 1893