Blackrock is a 1997 Australian drama film directed by Steven Vidler and
written by Nick Enright. In Blackrock, a fictional beachside working-
class suburb, a young surfer witnesses his friends raping a girl. When
she is found murdered the next day, he is torn between revealing what he
saw and protecting his friends. Filming locations included Stockton, New
South Wales, where a girl named Leigh Leigh was murdered in 1989. While
the film was never marketed as the story of her death, many viewers
incorrectly believed it to be a factual account of the crime. Her family
objected to what they saw as a fictionalisation of her murder, and
residents of Stockton opposed the decision to shoot scenes there. The
film received generally positive critical reviews in Australia, where it
was nominated for five AACTA Awards and won two AWGIE Awards, though it
received mixed reviews elsewhere. Adapted from Enright's play of the
same name, the film stars Laurence Breuls, Simon Lyndon and Linda
Cropper, and features the first credited film performance of Heath
Ledger.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blackrock_(film)>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1638:
Construction began in Delhi on the Red Fort (Lahori Gate
pictured), the residence of the Mughal emperors, now an iconic symbol of
India.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Fort>
1888:
Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil signed the Lei Áurea
into law, formally abolishing slavery in Brazil.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavery_in_Brazil>
1917:
Ten-year-old Lúcia Santos and her cousins Francisco and
Jacinta Marto reportedly began experiencing a Marian apparition near
Fátima, Portugal, now known as Our Lady of Fátima.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Our_Lady_of_F%C3%A1tima>
1985:
Eleven members of the American black liberation group MOVE were
killed when a Philadelphia police helicopter dropped a bomb on their
house during a raid.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MOVE>
2005:
Uzbek Interior Ministry and National Security Service troops
fired into a crowd of protesters in Andijan, Uzbekistan, killing
anywhere from 187, the official count of the government, to a reported
1,500 people.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andijan_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
mama bear:
(slang) A woman, especially a mother, who is extremely protective of a
child or children.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mama_bear>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
He that made all things for love, by the same love keepeth them,
and shall keep them without end.
--Julian of Norwich
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Julian_of_Norwich>