The Drover’s Wife

69
109mins
2021

We were delighted to previously screen this film but we have no current plans to screen it again. If you'd like to watch it in the cinema, consider a private hire to watch it with friends. That does rely on the film being available for private purchase.

Film details

Film Title	The Drover’s Wife
Suitability
Genre	Drama Thriller
Length	109mins
Year	2021
Country	Australia
Director	Leah Purcell
Actors	Gregg Arthur, Craig Bourke, Anthony Cogin
Language	English, Aboriginal
AKA	The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson
Showings

A lonely bushwoman struggles to raise her children and run the family farm while her husband is away.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVRmKO7iPSw

While it doesn’t always hit the mark, Leah Purcell’s Indigenous feminist reimagining of Henry Lawson’s classic is a bullet between the eyes of a whitewashed fable

★★★

Guardian

An exceptionally compelling Outback Western.

★★★★

Variety