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Our Brother James

In this very personal film, director Jessica Douglas-Henry and her sister Alix explore the impact of their brother's suicide.
Year : 2000 | Total Duration : 52 Minutes | Producer : Mary-Ellen Mullane
Director : Jessica Douglas-Henry |
Young girl rolls vertically down sand dune in Geraldton. CU Alix Douglas-Henry lying on rippled sand with arms out stretched and eyes closed. Pan upwards of sand dune to horizon. CU faces of Alix and her half-sister Jessica Douglas-Henry. Boy does back-flip into Five Mile Old Mine swimming hole. Group of children in water. Alix and Jessica with two people sit on rock edge and look down at rock pool. Title: Our Brother James.
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Access No. 129555 | 1 min 28 secs | 2000s | Geraldton, Meekatharra, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - Family portrait zoom into Alix Douglas-Henry with her brother James.
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Access No. 129574 | 20 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Still photo - Alix Douglas-Henry with her brother James.
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Access No. 129575 | 12 secs | 1990s | © Alix Douglas-Henry | Colour |
Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry look at family photo together.
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Access No. 129576 | 8 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - Alix and James Douglas-Henry with their mother Linda Nichols and Santa Claus.
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Access No. 129577 | 6 secs | 1980s | © Alix Douglas-Henry | Colour |
Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry look at family photo together.
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Access No. 129579 | 6 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - Alix and James Douglas-Henry as toddlers bathing in laundry tub.
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Access No. 129580 | 5 secs | 1980s | © Alix Douglas-Henry | Colour |
Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry look at family photo together.
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Access No. 129581 | 16 secs | 2000s | © NFSA | Colour |
HA on Sherwood homestead. Alix Douglas-Henry her daughter Amie and Jessica Douglas-Henry farewell Alix's mother, Linda Nichols from the homestead and drive off in car. WS road train traveling on desert highway. POV through windscreen of oncoming truck. CU Amie in car seat. POV through car windscreen along highway. CU Alix driving car. CU external rear vision mirror of car.
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Access No. 129582 | 1 min 37 secs | 2000s | Meekatharra, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Family portrait with Alix and James Douglas- Henry, their mother , Linda Nichols and brothers Peter & Sam. CU on James. Still photo 2 - James cuddling kitten and two small dogs.
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Access No. 130586 | 22 secs | 1990s | © Alix Douglas - Henry | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry driving car in suburban Geraldton. Alix parks outside her brother James' flat. She, her daughter Ami and half-sister Jessica Douglas-Henry get out of the car and walk towards the flat. They look through the empty flat's window. Alix standing outside the flat recalls the last time she spoke with her brother James. She looks through the window.
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Access No. 130587 | 4 mins 35 secs | 2000s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still Photo - James Douglas-Henry with his mother, Linda Nichols
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Access No. 130588 | 7 secs | 1990s | © Alix Douglas - Henry | Colour |
Still photo - James Douglas-Henry with his mother, Linda Nichols
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Access No. 130589 | 6 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
CU rippled sand pan left to Alix Douglas-Henry's feet, legs, body and head. She lies with her eyes shut. CU Point Moore Lighthouse after sunset. Alix driving car along Geraldton street. CU Alix's face with orange light. Sunset on water with boat. Seagulls flying at night. Small cruising yacht enters frame. Back view of Alix as she looks out over bay at night. WS Point Moore Lighthouse at night.
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Access No. 130590 | 2 mins 49 secs | 2000s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - Alix Douglas-Henry with her brother James as teenagers.
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Access No. 130591 | 6 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
CU on Alix Douglas-Henry's face as she sleeps in her bed. Sunrise over Geraldton. Amie (Alix's daughter) with Alix at shoreline of beach. Amie squeals as the waves reach her feet. Cray boat rides on choppy ocean. Cray boat and wind surfer on water towards camera. Alix holding Amie in her arms on the beach looks out at the boats. A wind surfer wearing a wet suit and carrying his board makes his way towards the surf. WS cargo ship on ocean with waves breaking in the F/G. Alix pats Amie's back as she cuddles her in the sunlight.
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Access No. 130592 | 1 min 19 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - James Douglas-Henry as a young boy. Still photo 2 - James with his sister Alix Douglas-Henry and younger brother Peter. Still photo 3 - James as a young boy.
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Access No. 130593 | 27 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Amie (daughter of Alix Douglas-Henry) walks down sand dune with blue sky in background. WS sand dunes with ocean in background. Wind blowing off top of sand dune. CU Amie crawling on sand. Alix's head peaks over foreground sand dune. Alix seated on sand dune cuddles Amie in her arms rocking from side to side. Rear view of Alix and Amie on sand with view of Geraldton and beach in background.
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Access No. 130594 | 46 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Groups of teenage boys and girls at Maitland Skate Park. Teenage boy on roller-blades forward flips on skate ramp. Child riding skateboard up small ramp towards group of boys. Alix Douglas-Henry wearing sunglasses at Skate Park. Young people sitting on bench at park watch the skateboard riders.
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Access No. 130595 | 1 min 1 sec | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
LS teenage boy walking along middle of dirt road towards camera. Exterior of Stay, a support house for troubled teenagers where James Douglas-Henry would occasionally reside. Alix Douglas-Henry and her half sister Jessica sit at table with Stay caretakers, Klaw and Deanne. Deanne reads to Alix and Jessica excerpts from James' personal records. They reflect his depressed state of mind. Alix recalls their living situation during this time.
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Access No. 130596 | 1 min 59 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Amie (daughter of Alix Douglas-Henry) and young friend Kiara sit in sand dune playing with sand. Alix sits with her friend Katie on sand. Alix talks about how she felt hearing about James' state of mind from the Stay carers, Klaw and Deanne. WS of Amie, Kiara, Alix and Katie on sand dune with Point Moore lighthouse in B/G. Groups of teenagers crossing the road at Northgate shopping centre.
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Access No. 130597 | 1 min 41 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - Alix Douglas-Henry holding her younger brother Sam. Pan across to young James sitting on floor.
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Access No. 130598 | 14 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Family portrait of James,Alix and Sam Douglas-Henry with their parents. James looks across to Alix. Still photo 2 - Family portrait of James,Alix and Sam Douglas-Henry with their parents. James looks straight to camera.
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Access No. 130599 | 22 secs | 1990s | © Jessica Douglas-Henry | Colour |
CU Alix Douglas-Henry to camera. She discusses her brother James' difficult relationship with their father.
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Access No. 130600 | 18 secs | 1990s | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Family portrait of James, Alix Douglas-Henry and brothers Peter & Sam with their parents. CU on James smiling to his mother.
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Access No. 130601 | 19 secs | 1990s | © Jessica Douglas -Henry | Colour |
Still photo 1 - James Douglas-Henry lying on floor with his baby sister Alix sitting on his stomach. Still photo 2 - Family portrait of Jessica, Alix and James Douglas-Henry with their respective parents.
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Access No. 130602 | 18 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Still photo - Alix Douglas-Henry as baby lying on sheep skin rug with her father looking down on her.
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Access No. 130603 | 5 secs | 1990s | © Jessica Douglas -Henry | Colour |
Still photo - Mr Douglas-Henry with his sons James and Peter seated on couch.
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Access No. 130604 | 6 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
CU headstone on the grave of James. Alix Douglas-Henry with bucket of soapy water and sponge cleans the grave. Pan to Jessica Douglas-Henry holding unwrapping bunch of flowers. CU on Alix cleaning the grave. CU on the inscribed name Dalmann at the foot of the grave. Alix scrubs it with sponge. Alix tells Jessica why they respected James' desire to change his surname from Douglas-Henry to Dalmann. Alix and Jessica wipe away the excess water on the grave.
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Access No. 130605 | 1 min 29 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Young Alix Douglas-Henry with her father Still photo 2 - James & Alix Douglas-Henry as teenagers.
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Access No. 130606 | 13 secs | 1990s | © Alix Douglas-Henry | Colour |
CU Alix driving car through Geraldton street. Ext of suburban house with Point Moore lighthouse in B/G. Alix Douglas-Henry sits writing at kitchen table. POV Alix driving on Geraldton street.
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Access No. 130607 | 40 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS crowded classroom at Geraldton High School with young teenage girls and boys seated at their desks and standing along back wall. CU on faces of students. CU Alix Douglas-Henry standing in front of students. She talks to them about her brother James' suicide. CU faces of male students.
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Access No. 130608 | 1 min 37 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry sitting on jetty of Fisherman's wharf with moored fishing boats. CU Alix and Jessica. They discuss Alix's immediate reaction to her brother James' suicide. A fisherman hoses his boat while a woman looks on. WS large trawler at wharf. WS Geraldton beach with surf. Lone rock fisherman in distance. Dark clouds pan down to suburban Geraldton with coast in BG.
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Access No. 130609 | 1 min 26 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Under 13 boys basketball game in progress. Alix Douglas-Henry watches from sideline.
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Access No. 130610 | 35 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - James Douglas-Henry as young boy.
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Access No. 130611 | 8 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry tickles her daughter Amie as they lie in bed together. Alix and Amie in kitchen, CU Amie sitting at table eating a bowl of chopped fruit. Alix and Amie together in bathroom applying make-up in front of mirror. CU Amie asleep in her bed. CU Rhett, father of Amie. He has arrived to collect Amie. Alix lifts Amie from her bed. She is placed in Rhett's car. WS Rhett in car with Amie driving along suburban street. CU Alix cleaning her teeth in shower.
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Access No. 130612 | 3 mins 29 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Alix Douglas-Henry driving in car with her daughter Amie. She stops at the local shops of Gerladton including the Mariner Bottle Shop and Video Ezy. She informs the shop staff about the Yellow Ribbon Program run by the suicide prevention organisation and leaves them the information pamphlet. CU Alix driving car. Cu on Amie asleep in her car seat. WS Alix at counter of sports centre.
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Access No. 130613 | 2 mins 32 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU golden sheaf's of wheat. WS wheat field. MS side view of harvester working wheat field. Rural view with rolling hills and coast in background shot from Bringo Hill Lookout. Alix Douglas-Henry with farmer George Desmond standing alongside utility truck on his property located outside Geraldton. They are both members of Yellow Ribbon, the voluntary suicide prevention group. They enter his farm house.
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Access No. 130614 | 37 secs | 1990s | Mullewa, WA , Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Bottom Dam with trees in B/G. Still photo 2 - Bottom Dam with swimmers.
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Access No. 130615 | 6 secs | 1990s | © George Desmond | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry and George Desmond sits at his kitchen table looking through his photo album.
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Access No. 130616 | 26 secs | 1990s | Mullewa, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo 1 - Walkaway Flat Still photo 2 - George Desmond as young man seated in rural setting Still photo 3 - George Desmond in rural setting
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Access No. 130617 | 17 secs | 1990s | © George Desmond | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry and George Desmond sit at kitchen table looking through photo album. CU George's face. CU black cat. George shows Alix his bedroom. Stuffed teddy bears sit at the end of the bed. CU top of spinning windmill. George walks towards his farmhouse. WS from road towards wheat field.
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Access No. 130618 | 1 min 19 secs | 1990s | Mullewa, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Interior of hotel. Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry play a game of pool against two males (members of Alix's band). CU man's face as he prepares to play a game of pool. CU pool table with ball hitting side pocket. Alix takes her turn. Jessica looks on. CU Alix. Alix performs with her band. She sings ÒJames' SongÓ.
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Access No. 130619 | 2 mins 38 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU top of Point Moore lighthouse. WS Alix and Jessica Douglas-Henry talking together about their night at the pub on the grass in front of lighthouse. Professor Pierre Baume conducts a forum on youth suicide prevention attended by members of the Geraldton community including a police officer and family and friends of suicide victims. Alix and , George Desmond are part of the group. They take part in group games of trust. Alix with microphone asks question during the question and answer session. Professor Baume replies.
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Access No. 130620 | 4 mins 48 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Alix Douglas-Henry's face as she swings around on merry-go-round. Alix pushes her daughter Amie on swing. Alix and Amie together on merry-go-round. CU Jessica Douglas-Henry sitting on grass.
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Access No. 130621 | 1 min 16 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry makes her return journey from Geraldton to Meekathara. Car travels over road grate. Car travels with heat haze towards camera. CU Alix driving the car with Amie sitting in the back seat. They sing animal noises to each other. Road sign - Yagloo. Car traveling away from camera. CU sand dunes pan up rippled sand of dune. Sand falls away from dune. CU Alix face with eyes closed lying on sand. Alix V/O recalls dream about her brother James. CU hands playing with sand. CU Alix's face, blue sky B/G. Branch of upright dead tree in sand. WS Alix walking down sand dune.
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Access No. 130622 | 1 min 51 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, Yalgoo, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Still photo - James and Alix Douglas-Henry smiling with their young brothers Peter and Sam. James nurses the baby. CU James' face.
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Access No. 130623 | 11 secs | 1990s | © Linda Nichols | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry walks through yard of her mother Linda Nichols' homestead. She is greeted by her mother and younger brothers. They embrace her. Amie is picked up and kissed by her grandmother. HA homestead and yard with pool. Super in white: Thanks to Alix, Amie, Linda, Peter & Sam. HA homestead and countryside with end credits. Cows in paddock with end credits. HA windmill and outback country. End credits.
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Access No. 130624 | 1 min 33 secs | 1990s | Meekatharra, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Amie (Alix Douglas-Henry's daughter) in back seat of car. CU Alix's face as she drives. POV through windscreen at dead kangaroo on road. Road sign - ÒYalgoo 120, Mullewa 240, Geraldton 339Ó. CU Alix's face as she drives. MWS of car driving along outback highway. POV moving car past sign on side of street - ÒWelcome to GeraldtonÓ. WS of Geraldton towards ocean. WS of Geraldton suburban rooftops and beach.
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Access No. 130625 | 57 secs | 2000s | Geraldton, WA | © NFSA | Colour |
CU Alix & Jessica Douglas-Henry reflecting at the grave of James. Alix walks towards camera passing other graves. Alix and Jessica wash their hands at graveside tap.
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Access No. 131250 | 58 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
Alix Douglas-Henry in empty classroom makes notes prior to the students arriving for her talk. CU on student. CU Alix talking to attentive class.
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Access No. 131253 | 59 secs | 1990s | Geraldton, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
WS barren sandy landscape with sun rays coming through clouds. HA dirt road with green tree tops. Car approaches and parks outside Linda Nichols' (Alix Douglas-Henry's mother) homestead. Title card: For James.
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Access No. 131256 | 28 secs | 1990s | Meekatharra, WA, Australia | © NFSA | Colour |
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