Frontier
2014 • Short Film • CompletedDrama
Gracie is the eight year-old daughter of a white settler. While exploring she discovers Toora, an Aboriginal woman and her baby hiding in the stables near their house. Gracie believes Toora is playing hide and seek but the sinister truth is that Toora and her baby are the sole survivors of a massacre perpetrated by Gracie’s father, William.
Toora is badly injured and cannot escape the homestead without being seen and she knowsthat there will be certain death for her and her baby if she is discovered. Playing along with Gracie’s game is Toora’s only hope of survival, but Toora knows it is only a matter of timebefore Gracie’s father discovers their hiding place.
'Frontier' is a story of innocence and survival set in a time of brutal conflict.
