Imelda Bourke

Imelda Bourke

Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

IMELDA BOURKE, a South Australian singer born in 1928, has performed on radio, television and stage over a career spanning five decades. She did this while raising her five children. Imelda brings her wry humour and tremendous charm to create the character of Esther - her first feature film role.

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Damage 2022 (6)

Ali is not a citizen. He drives a taxi using another man’s license and relies on the GPS to negotiate his way around a city he doesn’t know. His passenger, Esther is an old woman who can’t remember where she is going. She is angry because she has been stripped of everything that is familiar to her and she doesn't recognise the world anymore. They travel through the night in search of a vague destination while surveillance cameras mark their journey, coldly omitting the human element, defining who belongs and who does not, who is safe and who is not. What they have in common is their damage – she can’t remember and he can’t forget.
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Damage 2022

Ali drives a taxi using another man’s license in a city he doesn’t know. Esther, his passenger is an old woman who forgets where she is going and doesn't recognise her world. They travel through the night searching for a destination while surveillance cameras mark their journey, defining who belongs and who does not, who is safe and who is not.