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Black Shorts
Black Shorts featured universal stories
of modern living from three rising Indigenous playwrights. The three
stories included in Black Shorts where Possession
by Glen Shea, Jidja by Jadah Milroy and Beyond the Gate
by Ray Kelly.
These passionate and rich tales cover a wide
range of issues from an indigenous perspective, with "family" being
a common linking theme.
Glen Shea's Possession is a confronting tale
of spirits seeking redemption for a life of incest and murder. In
contrast Jadah Milroy's play Jidja is a heart-warming story
told through he eyes of Josie, now an old woman, recollecting her
life-long search for her sister Jidja. While Beyond the Gate
examines the lives of two rural families who are coming to terms
with the problems they face living in a small community.
They can be old
or new, big or small. They can be good for playing footy, they can
be worn, durable, daggy or designer labelled. Some have a drawstring.
Others have pockets. Kooemba Jdarra's Black Shorts offers a bit
of everything. You will laugh and cry. You might wince and squirm
but you will feel comfortable when you slip them on.
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