Helen Gaynor

The emotional, true story of Ikey Solomon, an infamous British convict whose life is considered to have been the inspiration for Dickens’ Fagin of Oliver Twist and perhaps also an influence on the creation of the felon Magwitch of Great Expectations. The First Fagin seamlessly blends narration (by Miriam Margolyes of Harry Potter movie fame), still photography, historical records, interviews with scholars and historians, and vivid dramatic re-enactment. Using an entirely Tasmanian cast as well as the picturesque Tasmanian landscape and historical sites as background for the drama, the film also offers insight into the 19th century British penal colony in Van Diemen’s Land.

This story of two teenagers on the edge of change is really the saga of what it means to be deaf in contemporary Australia.

Uma paródia da história real dos exploradores William John Wills e Robert O'Hara Burke, que atravessaram o deserto da Austrália em camelos em 1860, quando nenhum homem branco havia feito tal façanha.