Darkness Calls: Robert Nugent's 'Night Parrot Stories' and Contemporary Documentary Making

Ostensibly a film about director Robert Nugent's hunt for a long-thought-lost species of bird, Night Parrot Stories is, more significantly, a meditation on historical and scientific constructions, the clash of white and Aboriginal cultures, and humanity's place in – and continued destruction of – nature. Lauren Carroll Harris dives into this intricately woven documentary and dissects its manifold messages.

Additional keywords:
environmentalism, extinction, ecology, John Berger, myth-making, MH370.