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"The casting studio was the Aussie bush," says Miles. Through a vast network of contacts, news of casting for the film spread by word of mouth, patience and persistence talking with shop owners, council members, health workers, friends, businesses, friends of friends and newly found contacts. In Gapuwiyak, Maggie and Stephen heard stories about a boy called Sean. "The school was putting on a play about petrol sniffing and Sean had an important role but was absent on the day of the auditions," recounts Miles. "We learnt that Sean was the son of the Principal of the school and when asked about her son, Shirley Nirrpurranydji promptly hooked up the loud speaker which bellows throughout the entire community appealing to Sean to come out of hiding." "I learnt that Shirley and her husband Wilson had been involved with the film Women of the Sun and wondered (and hoped) Sean had acting in his blood too." Miles recalls "we had seen just about every other young person in the community when Johnson went for a final lap around the community. The next time I saw the land rover, in the back, was this dangerously cool teenager, a live wire, and Stephen was grinning from ear to ear. Here was Botj." |
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