Rachel Perkins, Catriona McKenzie, Wayne Blair, Leah Purcell | Australia 2012 | 6 x 60 min
Redfern Now centres on a diverse group of individuals from 6 families whose lives are changed by a freakish or serendipitous occurrence. The characters are caught at moments that in time define them: a decision to pick up the phone, to ignore a cry for help, the refusal to sing the national anthem, a moment of sexual jealousy, a seemingly insignificant car accident, a thought that suddenly consumes.
Their response to these moments threatens their work, their love lives, their equilibrium, and their identity. And we can only gape in amazement at how elegantly those involved in this production have taken these moments and filled them with resonance and meaning.
Each episode is like a beautifully constructed short story that sees straight to the fragile hearts of Redfern Now‘s characters, without the stories becoming sentimental or obdurately political.
Scratch the surface of Redfern Now and you will find burning emotions, deep divisions and enduring spirit. But the exterior is full of anger, poverty, injustice, violence and intolerance.
DVD released on 12 December 2012.