A Song of Good

Gary Cradle (Gareth Reeves) wants to go straight, but has to face up to a drug habit, family dysfunction, and the burden of guilt over a past sin. Gregory King's redemptive recovery yarn debuted at the Rotterdam Film Festival. King's second feature won Qantas Film and TV Awards for the best film made for under $1 million, and Ginny Loane's camerawork. Actors Reeves and Ian Mune (playing his far from supportive father) were also nominated. In February 2009 the film gained media attention after being made available to watch free online, for 24 hours.

I wanted to give a strong sense of an environment that is alienating on many levels – the peer group, the family, the society at large. To create a sense that Gary’s world is not able to really support him in his redemption, his struggle to change, to be a ‘good’ person so to speak.

– Writer/director Gregory King, in an interview with Lumiere, July 2008

Key Cast & Crew

Gareth Reeves

As: Gary Cradle

Ian Mune

As: Ron Cradle

Gregory King

Director, Writer

Mark Foster

Producer

Darien Takle

As: Mrs Eskelson

Matthew Sunderland

As: Denis