Reading 'Radiance': The Politics of a Good Story (Film As Text)

Rachel Perkins said of her film 'Radiance' that it was 'the first Aboriginal film to have jokes in it'. Reviwers praised the film for being a 'good story' rather than an explicitly political one, and it was awarded six AFI awards. Ceridwen Spark explores the representation of the three Aboriginal women in the film and and suggests that all stories are thoroughly political, and that 'Radiance' makes significant points about contemporary Aboriginal identity and belonging.