How much did you hope to see? Peter Jackson addresses critics who wanted to see rape and murder of 14-year-old girl depicting in new film
Academy award winning director Peter Jackson has come in for criticism for not depicting the rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl in his film based on the book The Lovely Bones. In a global film culture which too often thrives on graphic sexual depictions and other acts of violence against girls and women, Jackson’s […]
Having sex or being raped?
Five days later, I’m still troubled by some paragraphs on the front page of The Australian on Monday. I haven’t noticed anyone drawing attention to them, even though they are deeply concerning. The article is about historian Keith Windschuttle’s questioning of the authenticity of the film Rabbit-Proof Fence (‘Rabbit-Proof Fence grossly inaccurate; Windschuttle’, The Australian, […]