Set in turn-of-the-twentieth-century Australia at a boarding school for young women, and aptly described as “a study of repression” by cinema scholar Guido Fink, this film explores the mysterious disappearance of a group of students and their chaperone during a Valentine’s Day field trip to visit the geographical formation known by white settlers as Hanging Rock. The dreamy and haunting images set a backdrop an exploration of issues of class, gender and sexuality, racism and colonialism. Event Url