THE FILMS OF SCARLETT PRODUCTIONS These short films have all been produced by Kath Shelper, all of them by and about Indigenous Australians. These films were contributions made by Indigenous women to the initiative Bit of Black Business. All of these short films run for five minutes and are repeated throughout the night. Back Seat by Pauline Whyman Inspired by Pauline Whyman's own experience, Back Seat tells the story of a young Aboriginal girl Janine who goes with her foster parents to meet her biological family for the first time. From the back seat of her foster parent's car, Janine watches as her blood family come into view and then recede into the distance. Custard by Michelle Blanchard Grandma's house is two miles from town and the majority of people in town would have probably been in her kitchen for a cuppa. Perhaps they used the same chipped cup as me and no doubt fiddled with their own spilt sugar on the tablecloth. Yet, every time I'd sit in that old fibro house, embroidered by huntsman spiders and cracks in the floor, I didn't want to be anywhere else in the world as we'd sip our tea, smoke "winnie reds" and listen for the sound of another barge pulling in and hear the wheels of another thousand four wheel drives rolling effortlessly onto the island. You don't have to be the saviour, the solution, or the sponge that soaks up the mess, no one's perfect. My grandmother taught me that. She also once said to me "be careful what you say and never write anything down". So what do I go and do?...Attempt to become a writer? Love you Phyllus. Hush by Dena Curtis Ethel and her friend Mary resort to an unlikely occupation at night to top up their pensions. Ethel's daughter is horrified when she discovers they are not really "playing cards". Dena is an editor and filmmaker and has worked at CAAMA Productions in Alice Springs for a number of years. Her editing credits include documentaries such as Beck Cole's Lore of Love, Warwick Thornton's Rosalie's Journey, and Vance Glynn's Black and Dusty. Dena wrote and directed a short film Yota Dreaming. Done Dirt Cheap by Debbie Carmody In a pub in Kalgoorlie, the mining capital of Western Australia, Lenny, an unsuspecting tourist walks into a conversation between Amos, a gold digger, and two miniers. He purchases a nugget from the digger for what he thinks is a bargain price. What he is not aware of is the ingenious way Amos makes money - he spray-paints ordinary pieces of rocks into nuggets and engages the two larrikin miners to help him sell his 'gold'. Kwatye by Trisha Morton-Thomas A man wakes up hungover on the sofa from his previous night. Unwilling to move he lets his wife pick up the remote control and his 3-year-old daughter get him a glass of water with an aspirin. It's the girl's birthday, yet the father seems to be oblivious of joining his wife's birthday preparations. The girl resorts herself to a special form of revenge. When the father is sick of her bringing him glass after glass of water he inquires where that water came from because it has a strange taste attached to it. The Turtle by Kelli Cross Jason's mother sends the 13-year-old on a vacation to his grandfather, the only role model for the boy she can think of. Jason is very reluctant to part from his iPod and rap music, but eventually agrees to go on a fishing trip which will change his life. The two spot a turtle and Jason starts to discover the traditional ways of life his grandfather knows so much about.