Drama ·Romance · Australia · 1987 · 17m

Nice Coloured Girls

Director

Cast

Gayle Mabo as Aboriginal Woman A Cheryl Pitt as Aboriginal Woman B Janelle Court as Aboriginal Woman C Lindsay McCorrmack as Captain Fionn George as Aboriginal Woman D Mykal Sobey as Punk

Crew

Phillippa Harvey — Editor Tracey Moffatt — Writer Watkin Tench — Writer William Bradley — Writer Tracey Moffatt — Producer

Synopsis

Nice Coloured Girls is a short film classic by Tracey Moffatt, one of Australia's foremost visual artists. Three Aboriginal women cruise through Kings Cross and pick up a 'captain' (a drunken white man). They encourage him to spend his money on them and to drink until incapacitated while they steal his wallet and race off to catch a cab, self-satisfied. Nice Coloured Girls contrasts the relationship between Aboriginal women and white men in the past and present.

Mood & Themes

woman director short film

Key Collaborators

Tracey Moffatt Director Phillippa Harvey Editor Tracey Moffatt Writer Watkin Tench Writer William Bradley Writer Tracey Moffatt Producer

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