'Kate is on a plane taking Warren, her 18 year old Torres Strait Islander foster son, to meet Flo, his birth mother, who is gravely ill in hospital in Brisbane. Flo hasn't seen Warren since she took him to the hospital on Thursday Island when he was a toddler and the white authorities took him away. But as Warren, Flo and Kate all prepare themselves for the reunion, unbeknown to them, Kate's Brisbane based parents, Keith and Dellmay, are planning a different kind of reunion.' (Source: IMDb website)
Writing Disability in Australia
| Type of disability | Intellectual disabilities (specifics not confirmed). |
| Type of character | Primary. |
| Point of view | First person (dramatic monologue to camera). |
Paydirt
Crawley
:
UWA Publishing
,
2007
Z1397144
2007
single work
novel
Presents four monologues highlighting the complex dramas of race politics beneath the complacent facade of ontemporary Australia. - from back cover
'Call Me Mum adds to a growing collective of films that depict indigenous [sic] women, cross-cultural relations and family dynamics in interesting and complex ways. This article uses the idea of a “genderslide” (a misquotation of genocide by one of the main characters) to explain the influence that the three strong but deeply flawed lead female characters in this film have on their son/grandson, as well as the impact of Call Me Mumon viewers. It is the conceptual spaces that constitute the idea of family that I argue are re-shaped by this conflicted depiction of intimate black/white, mother/child relations in Australia.' (Source: abstract)
'Call Me Mum adds to a growing collective of films that depict indigenous [sic] women, cross-cultural relations and family dynamics in interesting and complex ways. This article uses the idea of a “genderslide” (a misquotation of genocide by one of the main characters) to explain the influence that the three strong but deeply flawed lead female characters in this film have on their son/grandson, as well as the impact of Call Me Mumon viewers. It is the conceptual spaces that constitute the idea of family that I argue are re-shaped by this conflicted depiction of intimate black/white, mother/child relations in Australia.' (Source: abstract)
