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'Expanded from his 2020 short of the same name, The Moogai is writer/director Jon Bell’s allegorical horror film about the Stolen Generation – the forced removal of Aboriginal children from their families between 1910-1970 because of Australian governmental policy. This point is made in the opening scene when First Nations children must run and hide from two cops who have come to collect them. However, one child, hiding in a cave, is caught by The Moogai, a “boogeyman” that steals children, as her young sister Ruth (Aisha Alma) helplessly watches.'  (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon Senses of Cinema no. 109 May 2024 28221442 2024 periodical issue

    'Welcome, dear readers, to Issue 109 of the serious and eclectic discussion of cinema. True to our spirit, the contributions herein are wide-ranging, sharp and timely, starting with a 16-text dossier (guest-edited by Barbara Creed and Cristóbal Escobar) on cinema and the nonhuman. As Creed and Escobar compellingly write in their introduction, “humankind’s invention of the myth of human superiority, based on the exclusion of other species and their needs … has led to the seemingly insurmountable problems of the 21st century such as global warming, climate change, the explosion of the human population and species extinction. In order to address these issues, it is crucial to re-think all forms of cultural, social and political representation from film to the arts and new media.” The articles and interviews in this dossier attempt to do just that.' (Editorial introduction)

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