Taking Shakespeare to the Streets: Sarah Spillane's Around the Block

This film about an American teacher inspiring her Aboriginal students with the words of the Bard is not just an overly optimistic, if paternalistic, story of 'rising out of poverty'. According to Tara Judah, it also exemplifies a still-nascent, viable pathway that Australian films can take to reach audiences.

Additional keywords: Christina Ricci, literature, ghetto, Indigenous, noble savage, VOD, video-on-demand, Hamlet, Redfern.