Around the Block Page #3

Synopsis: "AROUND THE BLOCK" is about breaking family and cultural cycles for a hopeful future. A contemporary story of love, revenge, and triumph, an Aboriginal boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of acting and the disintegration of his family. Meanwhile his high school drama teacher must practice what she teaches if she is to succeed in her personal and professional life.
Genre: Drama
Director(s): Sarah Spillane
Production: Random Media
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IMDB:
5.3
Rotten Tomatoes:
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Year:
2013
104 min
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ALL:
Cheers.

Congratulations.

Thanks, Julie. Cheers.

So Dino, Chris tells me

you're teaching in Redfern.

Yeah, that's right.

I'm surprised the Abos

turn up to school.

I'm allowed to say that.

I'm one-eighth Aboriginal.

Is he? You really? Are you?

You didn't tell me that.

Well, it's not something

I brag about.

I guess there aren't many

Aborigines in America.

Oh well, actually,

I grew up

Next to a Navajo

reservation.

Dino.

Oh my God, Adam!

What are you doing here?

I didn't know you were back.

Yeah, a couple

of months now.

Wow.

Have you seen Kate?

No.

She's working in the deli down

the end of Queen Street.

She'd love to see you.

Yo.

Hey.

Hey, where have you been?

I got some sh*t

to sort out.

Gonna be laying low

for a while.

No time for me?

It's family business.

Come to the jillawah.

JASON:
Hey, bro.

Watch my drink, eh?

We've been mates

a long time, eh?

Yeah.

So I can trust you, eh?

Yeah.

I found out who screwed

over the old man.

Who?

Barry Griffen.

F***, I knew

he was dodgy.

I need someone to help me

sort him out.

Someone I can trust.

Yeah, course, bro.

I don't want no one else

knowing anything until

it's done, all right?

Liam's the only one else.

How much did you

have to drink?

Tobes.

Hey!

What's up, bro?

Lookin' good?

Yeah.

You look like sh*t,

cuz.

Did you go out

last night?

Nah, I was up

reading, eh.

Reading?

Yeah, I'm thinking

of auditioning

for the school play.

Ah, gonna be

a big movie star, Woody?

Nah, it's just

a school play.

Like your

Uncle Charlie, bruz.

He was a deadly

actor, hey.

CHALMERS:

Okay, settle down.

Get into pairs

and just read over the scene.

Girls, some of you may

have to play Hamlet,

As there aren't

enough boys.

Don't worry, there was plenty

of cross-dressing

In Mr. Shakespeare's day.

Take a role each,

and discuss the scene

In the context

of the play.

Just read it aloud and discuss

how they were really feeling.

Is Hamlet hot

for Ophelia?

Is she keen on him?

Have you got a partner?

You want to pair up?

Great.

No.

Here you go.

I already know all my lines.

I was with Jonathan,

but he's chickened out.

Everything okay?

Yes, thanks, Miss.

Come on.

"I have gifts of yours"

That for a long time

I've wanted to return.

"Please receive

them now."

"No, not I.

I never gave you them."

Your line.

"My honored Lord,

you know right well you did."

And with them you wrote

such beautiful words

"As made the gifts more rich,

but now their beauty is lost."

"Take them back,

for to the noble mind,"

Rich gifts become poor

when givers prove unkind.

"There, my Lord."

"Are you honest?"

"My Lord?"

"Are you fair?"

"What do you mean,

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Submitted on August 05, 2018

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