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The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson, or simply The Drover's Wife, is a 2021 Australian revisionist Western film directed, written, and co-produced by Leah Purcell in her feature directorial debut.
Outside a remote 1890s Australian frontier town, a woman caring for her home and family in her husband's absence forms a connection with a fugitive. Watch trailers & learn more.
The Drover's Wife The Legend of Molly Johnson only in cinemas May 5 2022 #The... A new Australian legend from visionary writer, director and actor Leah Purcell.
The Drover's Wife: The Legend of Molly Johnson occasionally struggles to cohere, but writer-director-star Leah Purcell offers a unique, compelling perspective on historic myths. Read...
Nov 9, 2021 · Leah Purcell’s The Drover’s Wife: the Legend of Molly Johnson is an inspired and compelling re-imagining of Henry Lawson’s The Drover’s Wife, a short story originally published in The...
Aug 19, 2022 · Overview. In 1893, heavily pregnant Molly Johnson and her children struggle in isolation to survive the harsh Australian landscape after her husband left to go droving sheep in the high country. One day, she finds a shackled Aboriginal fugitive named Yakada wounded on her property.
May 4, 2022 · The Drover’s Wife is the first Australian feature film starring, written and directed by an Aboriginal woman.(Supplied: Roadshow)
