An autobiographical journey for filmmaker Lawrence Johnston, who grew up as one of six siblings to his Aboriginal father Colin and non-Indigenous mother, Gloria. Their marriage was a tempestuous one that included physical and emotional abuse. Johnston's unflinching film is a personal and emotional journey that looks at love, marriage, family, and commitment, as he explores the effect his parents' marriage has had on his romantic ideals. His debut feature film Life won the FIPRESCI International Critics Prize at the 1996 Toronto Film Festival and was nominated for four Australian Film Institute Awards and four Australian Film Critics Circle Awards including Best Actor and Best Screenplay.
Lawrence Johnston
Director
Robert Having His Nipple Pierced
1971
The LA Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence
2006
Forbidden Fruit
2001
Kiss 25 Goodbye
1991
Degrees of Blindness
1988
Wigstock: The Movie
1987
Moscow Does Not Believe in Queers
1986
Umsonst Gelebt: Walter Schwarze
2005
La marche gaie
1980
Boys Beware
1961
Dawn
1979
When My Knife Strikes You
1968