The Secret River: extended trailer

WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that this video may contain images and voices of deceased persons. Based on Kate Grenville s awardwinning novel, the twopart miniseries The Secret River tells the deeply personal story of Will and Sal Thornhill, early convict colonists, who lay claim to a plot of land on the thenremote Hawkesbury River. The Secret River dramatises the British colonisation of Australia in microcosm, with the dispossession of Indigenous Australians made comprehensible and ultimately heartbreaking as Will s claim over a piece land he titles Thornhill s Point, brings his family and neighbours into conflict with the traditional custodians of the land they have settled on. Starring Oliver JacksonCohen, Sarah Snook, Tim Minchin, Lachy Hulme and Trevor Jamieson, The Secret River will screen Sunday 14 21 June at 8. 30pm on ABC. ,TheSecretRiver