Croker Island Exodus
April 1942. As Japanese fighter planes mount bombing raids on essential services, the women and children of Darwin are evacuated. On Croker Island 95 Aboriginal children are living under the care of three missionary women, the Superintendent and his wife. Through the long wet they also wait for government evacuation. But it doesn’t come. So the missionaries and the children embark on an exodus across the Australian continent. This is their story, in their own words – a heroic and untold journey.
Director STEVEN McGREGOR
Writers DANIELLE MacLEAN & STEVEN McGREGOR
Producers ANNA GRIEVE & DANIELLE MacLEAN
Editor BILL MURPHY ASE
Director of Photography ALLAN COLLINS ACS
Production Design & Wardrobe EMMA FLETCHER
Composer GEORGE PAPANICOLAOU
Featuring ALICE BRISTON, NETTA CAHILL, JESSIE LYONS, MARGARET SOMERVILLE
Awards & Festivals
Sydney International Film Festival 2012, Australian Documentary Prize Nominee
Melbourne International Films Festival 2012
Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival 2013