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HAMMER: My Aunty Doris is a special woman.

I lived with her for three summers

when Mum went to study in Perth.

Mum was the first in our family to go to university.

Aunty Doris says country is her university.

That if you listen long enough,

the land and ancestors will tell you everything you need to know.

Looking back, they were the best times.

I could do what I wanted,

be who I wanted at Aunty's.

It was the total opposite of home.

At home, everything had to be perfect.

It's only my parents, Karla.

Babe, you're not the one who's getting judged.

OK?

Kade, go and change into your nice shirt.

Now, Kade. Thank you.

Aunty Doris told me Mum's always been like this.

Like in the movies.

Mum's the superhero handling shit.

And Aunty Doris is the freaky old woman.

The one that looks at you, knows what's really going on inside.

Hello! Hi! Hi.

Hello! (SMOOCHES)

Show them flash whitefellas a thing or two, sis?

Of course.

I'm proud of you. Thank you. Mwah!

Come on. Let's get this off.

That last summer I didn't want to leave.

Mum, just let me stay. Please, please.

Just one more night! Stop mucking around, Kade!

Get in the car.

I don't know why.

Aunty Doris lived just down the road.

Something in my gut just didn't feel right.

Like I was leaving something behind.

You need to stop that, OK?

Big boys are strong. Big boys don't cry.

Are you gonna be a big boy?

Be strong for Mummy? Huh?

Mum was right.

Weakness is a useless emotion.

It'll only fuck you up.

(GIGGLING)

I want to fuck you.

(LAUGHS)

(GRUNTS) Oh, no, no, no!

What?

Do you have lube?

(BOTH LAUGH)

Please, Hammer, just go slow.

Is everything OK?

Yeah, just... Down a bit.

Oh.

Put your legs down a bit.

Like that?

Yeah. Uh...

Come forward. Like this.

Yeah.

Yep.

OK...

Wait. Are you even hard?

Get down.

Yep. Just push!

(GASPS)

Fucking hell!

Hey. It's OK.

It's cool.

Just suck it.

(CHOKING) Yeah.

Yeah. Suck me. Yeah.

(CHOKING, COUGHS)

What the fuck, Hammer?!

Bruh, you should go.

What?

Why?

(DOOR SLIDES OPEN, CLOSES)

CHARLIE: (SINGS) ♪ So good you joined me in the spotlight

♪ You know, it mightn't be so bad

♪ Yeah, could you join me in the spotlight?

♪ We choose to dream than to be damned... ♪

Nice.

I gotta get going.

Already?

We don't have any staff at the moment and Dad's away.

So what you're telling me

is that you're gonna be alone on the farm?

Yep.

Interesting.

Sure is.

Don't suppose you need another set of hands?

You reckon you can hack it?

(CLOSES DOOR GENTLY)

And where were you?

I was just with friends.

Don't you lie to me! I'm not lying.

Well, you weren't with Sabrina. I know that much.

What did she say to you?

Oh, never you mind.

You are grounded.

And you can forget about going to Enzo's bucks night.

Mum... No!

If you're not going to treat me with respect,

you're not gonna get any either.

Now get in the shower. You smell like a brewery.

Go!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Glad you could join us.

Jump in with Tyrone and Blakey. We're doing tackling drills.

BOY: Pass it, pass it, pass it.

(INDISTINCT YELLING)

Heard you went Ian Orcher down south.

Nah, he's a dirty player.

Lovers' tiff, eh?

What the fuck did you say?

Easy.

I'm just mucking around.

Blackfellas! It doesn't take much to get 'em going.

You want to say that to my face, fuckstick?!

Whoa, hey, hey, hey, hey! It was just a joke. Easy.

You need to learn some fucking respect!

Hammer. Need a moment?

Oh, fuck this!

Ooh! (MURMURING)

COACH: OK, back into it.

What was that about?

Go ask that racist dog.

Isn't he your mate?

Well, I thought he was.

You're acting like such a child.

What is it? He called you 'nigger'?

'Coon'? 'Boong'? 'Abo'? 'Darkie'?

You let them get into your head and you're done for.

I taught you better than that.

I'm not doing this shit anymore.

I am sorry, what?

Who gives a fuck about this?

Ah, sorry, newsflash, sunshine.

This is the world we fucking live in.

What else are you gonna do, huh?

This is everything we've worked our whole life towards.

So you just can't quit when it gets hard.

You're not backing out now.

Man up.

Get back out there.

COMMENTATOR: One of your top picks, Kade Hammersmith,

he had a shocking go at it.

You just can't quit when it gets hard.

You're the big fish of the mid-west.

Everyone's gonna know your dirty little secret.

He's out of my top 10 picks.

What else are you gonna do, huh?

Any team would be lucky to have you.

This is everything we've worked our whole life towards.

Pushing him too hard. (INDISTINCT VOICES OVERLAP)

This is what you want, isn't it, Kade?

You're not backing out now. Man up!

Fuck them.

Fuck THEM.

Man up, you black cunt!

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(KEYS JANGLE)

Come on.

Stupid key.

Aunty.

Ooh!

Kade!

Good God.

Don't you know better

than to be lurking around behind black people?

Mmm...

Come here.

Aww.

What's going on, bub?

Hey?

(PHONE RINGS) Oh.

OK. Yep.

Here.

Yes, yes.

(TUTS)

So I'm guessing something happened with your mum?

(PHONE DINGS)

Ha! (CLEARS THROAT)

OK, great. Let's go. Go, go, go, go.

Go, go. Around the corner.

Let's go for a drive.

Did you see Geeky Zekey getting it on with Hammer?

I mean, it was like watching a horse eating an apple.

Are you good? Huh?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Ah, fuck!

Not again.

What happened to the crops? Isn't it canola season?

This is a high tension wire fence. Here, hold this.

You want gloves?

I'm stronger than you think.

Push. Yep.

No, not up there. Lower. Yeah.

Step back.

Hold.

How do you do it?

You loop it round,

twist, twist,

and then you cut.

Got it, boss.

Easy!

Ow! Motherfucker!

Here. Let's see.

It's not the smallest prick I've had in me today.

You'll be right.

Come on, I don't have time

to be mucking around with this all day.

Gotta show respect to country and Bimarra the serpent.

This is his place.

So...

...why is your mum on the war path?

I don't know. She's being a bitch.

Hey. Don't you ever talk about your mother like that.

Well, some racist dog was carrying on

and Mum just tells me to "suck it up".

Mm.

Let me spin you a little yarn about your mother.

We grew up in a shitty, flimsy fibro thing.

Only black house on the street.

And when our mum died, Father took it really hard.

And your mother became the woman of the house.

She became everything.

Father would go out and do odd jobs.

And then, one day, the welfare came knocking.

Turns out the neighbour thought we were being neglected.

They took us and they dumped us into foster care.

And that just fucking ruined Father.

He got us back.

But your mum was never the same.

She never talks about that stuff.

(CHUCKLES)

She used to get up at 5am every morning

and scrub every tile with a toothbrush.

Just in case welfare come back.

She had to be better than them whitefellas.

Run faster, jump higher.

That if them mob ever come back,

they wouldn't have a pot to piss in.

But you know...

...nothing's gonna change.

Not when we got this.

I fucked up.

All I do lately is fuck shit up.

What do you mean? What's going on, bub? Really?

I don't know!

I'm in a dark place, Aunty.

I'm having these... attacks.

I feel like I'm suffocating.

Everything was all good

and then one day I woke up, everything just turned to shit.

I'm just really...

I'm just really... fucking scared.

(SOBS)

Let it out.

Let it out.

Pretending to be something that you're not

will muck your spirit up.

Stop trying to be something

that everyone else wants you to be.

You've got to be you.

Remember that little boy...

...dancing around in my lounge room?

If you can get back to him...

...you're gonna be alright.

(CAMERA CLICKS)

Oi, Matt!

Yeah?

What's with all the bees?

Matt?

Pathetic.

(PHONE CHIMES)

(CLEARS THROAT EMPHATICALLY)

I was just taking a break.

I can see that.

You've barely made a dent.

(SIGHS) Honestly. Give it.

Oh. Charlie Roth. I should have known.

It's not like that, Mum.

You'll be joining me at that awful hens night tonight.

What?

I'm not a hen!

So who is she? Or he?

(HALF-LAUGHS) (LAUGHS)

I don't know.

They're...

...different.

Like...

...I feel good when I'm around them.

But I fucked that up too.

If there's one thing Aunty has learnt the hard way...

...is that you always got to tell someone how you feel.

Otherwise you might miss out on something deadly.

(CAR APPROACHES)

Mm! Here we go.

Go on.

What the hell do you think you're doing?

For crying out loud, calm down, sis.

Calm down? My son carries on like a pork chop

and my own sister doesn't have the decency

to let me know that he's safe?

Mum, I told her...

I will deal with you in a moment.

Relax. Sit down. Have a cup of tea.

Aunty Jesse and the girls are over there.

You think he can just sit around,

sing Poor Bala Mi and he'll be right?

Get real, Doris.

I'm not gonna stand by

while my son throws his life down the drain.

You spend your whole life trying to fit in,

but, um, hello, you're still black.

No matter what we do, they are never going to accept us.

For fuck's sake, they're killing our kids

and getting a pat on the back for it!

And that's the world that he is walking into.

And what are you exactly doing about it? Huh?

Tell me, Doris.

Tell me all the fucking change you're doing.

Mum, stop. I asked Aunty Doris...

Get in the car. ...not to call you.

Get in the car. OK?

I'm your mother. Now!

I'm sorry. No, you're right.

Don't apologise.

Don't you ever tell me how to raise my son.

Can't you see that boy is in pain?

Spends his whole life trying to be like you.

He doesn't even know who he is.

You know, he might even be...

Stop. Just stop. Oh.

You don't want me to say the words?

Stop talking. Stop!

I know my son!

Not you!

And he's going to have a better life than we ever did.

Fine dining?

I'm sure you'll have worse

when you're in some tour bus travelling the world.

I'll have a private jet, thank you very much.

So what now?

What do you mean?

What do you do after work?

Pretty much this. Eat then crash.

But it's only 7:30.

Well, sometimes I'm a bad boy and I watch a movie.

But, like, who do you talk to?

Don't you get lonely?

Nah. Not really.

It's not for everyone.

(WIND HOWLS)

(DARK MUSIC)

(THUMPING BASS MUSIC)

Ahh, brother! Glad to see you, mate.

I wouldn't miss it.

Let's, uh... let's get this party started, ay?

(LADIES SING ALONG TO JACKIE)

♪ Jackie, when you're touching my soul in the candlelight

♪ Oh, oh, Jackie

♪ Jackie, when I lost control in the heat of the night

♪ Oh, oh, Jackie... ♪

Good vino frizzante, right?

Oh, you're improving.

Bottoms up, Mama! Whoo!

Arrgh!

Good shit, bruh!

Fucking oath! Fuck!

(SNIFFING, SNORTING)

Oi!

(LAUGHS)

(MUSIC, EXCITED CHATTER)

It's not a funeral. Come on!

Fuck those boys!

I...

I'm not a very good dancer.

Here. Have some of this. It'll loosen you up.

Uh-uh. I got you.

Eww!

Let's dance! Come on! Whoo!

♪ Jackie, I've got nothing to hide... ♪

(DARK MUSIC, WHISTLING)

(DANCE MUSIC PLAYS)

Oh, show us your dance moves, Mama.

Mum!

Anna, it's just a bit of fun. Yeah, yeah.

Come on, dance with your mama.

I bet you didn't know your mama could dance.

(LAUGHS UNCOMFORTABLY) Come on.

(LAUGHS)

See, I was fun once too. I really was.

I really don't want to, Mum.

Let's get you some water.

Sorry. Are you trying to stop me dancing with my son?

No... Because you, shut up.

Come on, just dance with me. Come on.

Mum. Oh, my God, Mum! Stop.

Oh, no. Hang on.

(GIRLS GROAN)

So gross!

NAT: Oh!

Oh, my God!

(SOFTLY) Oh, wow.

So, this is where the magic happens.

I'm just really knackered, ay?

If you want to stay up, there's some DVDs in the lounge.

OK.

Hey.

Can you get the light?

Thanks.

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

Must have been that paint thinner she called sparkling.

(EXHALES)

Oh, God.

I think you should apologise to Nat.

Why? I get carsick.

Not that.

You've been really rude to her.

What, you think I'm a bad person?

A bad mother, is that it?

(SIGHS) You're not like this with Lorenzo.

Look, Enzo's different.

He's like your father, he's simple.

See, you're like me.

Clever.

So when you do dumb things, it's infuriating.

Do you understand?

I am just trying to teach you respect and integrity.

So you can... just live a life you can be proud of.

Yeah? Yeah.

(GIRLS GIGGLE IN THE DISTANCE)

(SIGHS) Oh, God.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

You just don't know what it's like to lose a son.

Both of my sons.

One to that... woman!

And you, I don't even...

(EXHALES)

You hate me, don't you?

Of course I don't.

I can feel it. You're pulling away.

I really can.

I tried to love you.

I really did.

But I guess it just wasn't enough.

(SNIFFLES)

(EXHALES HEAVILY)

Let me get you some water.

Yep.

Yeah.

(ENZO SNIGGERS)

HAMMER: Get the fuck outta here!

(THEME MUSIC PLAYS)

♪ The more you know

♪ The more

♪ The more you know

♪ You know! ♪