Tasmanian Aboriginal elder praises Kent's new film The Nightingale

IB
Updated June 16 2019 - 7:48pm, first published 3:00pm
CONTROVERSIAL: Australian audiences are walking out of The Babadook director Jennifer Kent's new film The Nightingale due to the highly violent scenes of murder and rape. Picture: Supplied
CONTROVERSIAL: Australian audiences are walking out of The Babadook director Jennifer Kent's new film The Nightingale due to the highly violent scenes of murder and rape. Picture: Supplied

When Tasmanian Aboriginal elder Jim Everett finished watching Jennifer Kent's The Nightingale on the big screens in Venice he felt an overwhelming sadness.

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