KENNEDY
“Kennedy looks beyond the Ned Kelly myth to the woman history left behind.”
THE HOLLYWOOD REPORTER AUSTRALIA
READ THE ARTICLETHE FILM
Before the outlaw became a legend, a widow kept the record.
Melbourne, 1906. The world's first feature length narrative film turns Ned Kelly into a folk hero.
Bridget Kennedy stands outside the theatre. Her husband was one of three policemen killed at Stringybark Creek.
A Chinese Australian reporter crosses the street. He asks for the story his editor told him to ignore.
IN CINEMAS OCTOBER 2028
150 years after Stringybark Creek, KENNEDY corrects the story Australia thought it knew.
WHAT SHE DID NEXT
She wrote until the law changed.
There was no pension for a police widow in 1878.
For two years, Bridget wrote to newspapers, parliament and Victoria Police.
In 1880, the law changed.
THE PEOPLE BEHIND KENNEDY
Cast, filmmakers and family
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Lauren Hamilton Neill
Bridget Kennedy. Co-writer, producer and executive producer
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Anthony Brandon Wong
Liu Dihuan
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Darren K. Hawkins
Director, co-writer and producer
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Thea McLeod
Producer and casting director
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Kieren Devisser
Producer and executive producer
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Casimir Dickson ACS
Cinematographer
Further casting to be announced.
THE FULL COMPANYPRODUCTION
KENNEDY is produced by Lonely Hill Films and shoots across north east Victoria and Ballarat. Australian and New Zealand distribution is handled by Screen Inc.
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