The lives of staff at the fictional Kings Cross Hospital and the wild streets of Darlinghurst in the 1960s. Joan Miller is a smart and sophisticated midwife who returns home from London to take a job at the Kings Cross Hospital. Dr Patrick McNaughton is a charismatic head of obstetrics at Kings Cross Hospital. Frances Bolton is the tough matron who also controls the running of Stanton House, a home for unwed pregnant young women.
A short documentary that explores the practices of white-washing ethnic skin tones of performers. Three performers discuss the effect make-up and lighting practices has on leaving them unrecognizable even to themselves on stage and screen.
Medousa, an arranged Greek bride bound for Australia, discovers a monstrous secret that threatens to tear apart her best friend’s promise of sisterhood.
