[Reader-list] [Announcements] film by Safina Uberoi

[Ravi Vasudevan]

*_PRESS RELEASE March 20, 2009_*

*_A GOOD MAN_*

*A film by SAFINA UBEROI*

* *

*The true story of a struggling Australian farmer, his quadriplegic 
wife, their new-born baby, and their plans to open a brothel in a small 
country town.*

*Screening: 7:00 pm Monday 30^th March*

*HABITAT CENTRE*

*Screening supported by The Australia India Council*

_PRAISE FOR ‘A GOOD MAN’_

“A beautifully crafted, sensitive film on a sure-to-polarize subject.”- 
FILMINK

“A disturbing and deeply moving portrait of life in rural Australia.” AT 
THE MOVIES

“Touching and unexpectedly hilarious”- Julie Riggs, MOVIE TIME

_A GOOD MAN_

80 minute documentary film. ABC Television/Screen Australia

Chris Rohrlach, the good man of the title, looks like an ordinary 
Australian ‘bloke’. A farmer from northern New South Wales, we discover 
Chris mustering sheep. But Chris’s is an extraordinary story- Fourteen 
years ago, his pregnant girlfriend Rachel had a massive stroke which 
left her incurably quadriplegic, with significant neurological 
impairment. But Chris was undeterred- for him Rachel was still Rachel, 
and he married her shortly after their baby was born. That baby is now a 
teenage boy and Chris and Rachel have just found out they are having 
another child! If this was not enough responsibility for Chris, life on 
the farm is tough and he desperately needs a second income. To the 
horror of many local townspeople, Chris decides to open a small legal 
brothel. This is an extraordinary story of love, commitment, the 
uniquely Australian culture of country people, and a resilience that 
seems to know no bounds.

_DIRECTOR’S BIOGRAPHY_

Safina Uberoi is an Indian-Australian filmmaker. Her best-known 
documentary is ‘My Mother India’, an auto-biographical film which won 11 
major international awards including the Australian Film Critics Circle 
Award for best Australian documentary. Safina directed an episode on the 
British-Asian writer Meera Syal for the high profile BBC series ‘Who Do 
You Think You Are’ which was nominated for a BAFTA and won an Indie 
award for best historical series. Safina also directed ‘1800-India’ for 
PBS which won the Golden Eagle award for excellence in journalism.

For further Information contact safina.uberoi at gmail.com 
<mailto:Safina.uberoi at gmail.com>

MOBILE India +91 9818077681 Australia +61 406355273

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