And people in Cunnamulla knew what he was doing, knew that he was filming, sought him out, he says. Not only did I get to know them very well, but they got to know me. I make themselves vulnerable to them as they make themselves vulnerable to me, in our personal relationship. The paradox is that at the end of the day, I am more powerful, in terms of constructing a narrative based on their lives, their reality. Cunnamulla is screening at Cinema Nova.
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