The Moogai (2024)

Directors

Jon Bell

The story

The story is about a young Aboriginal mother who believes that her child is possessed, and includes Indigenous Australian themes related to the Stolen Generations (a government policy of forced removal of Aboriginal children from their parents), the film explores themes including racism, post-natal depression, and transgenerational trauma. The film features an evil spirit ("Moogai" is a Bundjalung word meaning "bad spirit", similar to "boogie man", or Featherfoot) that takes children from their parents.

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