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Harold Furber looks back. He was a child of the desert deported to a tropical island. Abducted in Alice Springs by the Australian federal government at the age of four, Harold relates his long journey towards the north and his youth in his new "home" on Croker Island. His story, illustrated by slides and images taken by missionaries, describes the birth of a sense of belonging to a new home and a new family, despite a life punctuated by questions and separations, and despite the desire to find his other family in the desert regions of Alice Springs. Neither the beauty of Croker Island nor the attentions of the missionary mothers could relieve the grief caused by the separation with his own mother, his family and his homeland.

Australia - 2000 - 26 mn - Betacam SP - Colour

Réalisation Kate Gillick Scénario Kate Gillick, Harold Furber Image Allan Collins Son Chris West, Livia Ruzic Montage Reva Childs Musique Irine Vela

Production et Ventes Charlotte Seymour & Harold Furber, 28 Hall St., Fairfield, VIC 3078 Melbourne, Australie Tél : +61 3 9417 2155 Fax : +61 3 9417 7336 E-mail : chasm@netspace.net.au