Jasper Jones (Rachel Perkins, 2017)
M | 105 Mins | 2017 | DCP | AUS | D: Rachel Perkins
Craig Silvey’s award-winning bestseller Jasper Jones masterfully interrogates youthful innocence, race, and violence in regional Australia. Set in 1969 in small-town Corrigan, the narrative follows adolescent Charlie, who is confronted by a young woman’s death and the stark reality that her boyfriend, Aboriginal teenager Jasper, is most likely to be blamed.
Directed by acclaimed Arrernte and Kalkadoon nations filmmaker Rachel Perkins, the film adaptation stars Australian greats Hugo Weaving and Toni Collette star alongside newcomers Levi Miller, Aaron McGrath, Kevin Long and Angourie Rice. A gripping coming-of-age mystery, Jasper Jones illuminates the deep fractures in a rural community as Charlie seeks to discover the truth.
‘Rachel Perkins delivers her best work yet…’ – Variety
The screening will be followed by a discussion of the film and the novel with special guest Associate Professor Julieanne Lamond, in conversation with Canberra Writers Festival Artistic Director Beejay Silcox.
This film is part of Book Club at the NFSA, presented in partnership with Canberra Writers Festival: discounted season passes are available.
JULIEANNE LAMOND
Julieanne Lamond is an Associate Professor at the Australian National University’s College of Arts and Social Sciences and co-editor of Australian Literary Studies. Her expertise spans Australian literature and literary studies, having researched and published widely on Australian literature and cultural history (19th century to present), book history, gender and literary value, literature and politics, and digital/data-rich approaches to reading history. Lohrey, Lamond’s exploration of the work of contemporary Australian author Amanda Lohrey, was awarded the 2023 Walter McRae Russell Award and was Highly Commended in the 2023 ACT Book of the Year Award.
The details
What: Jasper Jones screening + discussion with A/Prof Julianne Lamond, in conversation with Beejay Silcox
When: Sunday 24 March at 1pm
Where: NFSA Canberra (Arc Cinema)
Cost: $18–20. Book tickets
