Lauren, a successful and ambitious Aboriginal fashion designer, discovers that her husband David, a white record producer, has been having affairs, and decides to leave him. She meets Greg, a black filmmaker who inspires her to rediscover her Aboriginality.
Filming took place in Sydney from 1988 to 1990. Scenes were shot in the Leichhardt Japanese-themed home of renowned chef Tetsuya Wakuda, while the fashion parades were filmed in the AFTRS studios. Owing to funding delays, the first print was only released on 10 September 1992.[3]
Described as a soap opera by several reviewers, the film received a lukewarm reception, but Miller, Ward and Leslie were praised for their performances.[3]
Marcia Langton, in her work commissioned by the Australian Film Commission (AFC), Well I Heard It On The Radio and I Saw It On The Television (1993), gives the film a detailed and somewhat scathing treatment in the context of an academic analysis of black cinema in general, but it is questioned whether she actually saw the film. Because of this, Langton was drawn into the feud that existed at the time between Syron and the AFC.[3]
References
^Korff, Jens (21 December 2018). "Jindalee Lady (Film)". Creative Spirits. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
^Ed. Scott Murray, Australia on the Small Screen 1970-1995, Oxford Uni Press, 1996 p 92
