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Notes
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In various secondary texts, Blankenship's surname is spelt variously: Blakenship and Blakeship. This name is the one that appears on the title credits of Shame.
Awards for Works
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form
y
Shame
( dir. Steve Jodrell
)
Perth
:
Barron Entertainment
,
1988
Z1813041
1988
single work
film/TV
(taught in 2 units)
In the vein of stranger-comes-to-town westerns, lawyer Asta Cadell (Deborah Lee Furness) is forced to stop in the small country town of Ginaborak to await parts for her motorcycle. The men of the town act very aggressively. The women cower. Asta is offered a place to stay by Tim Curtis (Tony Barry) a local mechanic and learns of the rape of his daughter Lizze (Simone Buchanan) the previous evening. As Asta befriends Lizze, she is horrified to discover that the men repeatedly gang rape the women of Ginborak.
Source: Reading Room, 'Shame', http://wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au/ReadingRoom/film/dbase/2003/shame.htm (Sighted 7/10/11)
Last amended 7 Oct 2011 13:52:34
