Stolen Moments

Genre: Drama

Period: 1960s

Place: Suburban Australia

Length: Two Acts

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Synopsis
''“There’s nothing more powerful than the personal story. For people to understand, we have to open ourselves up. It’s hard to tell our personal stories but we are doing this to educate people. For us to heal as a country these are the stories we need to share. They’re sad stories but they’re important stories.”''

Debra Hocking

The police thought they were doing the right thing. The government told them so. They were wrong. But they tore apart so many families anyway. When Kala, taken from her family as a toddler and placed with Sister Kate runs away, she encounters Constable Freeman. Though he knows his Sergeant would rather he drag her down to the station, he begins to talk to her and find out her story. After that first conversation, he contrives ways for them to see each other again, and a relationship develops, though they both know that they must keep it a secret.

Characters
Kala – 17 – a spirited young girl, she is taken from her mother as a toddler, because the government believes that people of colour are not capable of raising a family.

Sergeant – 40s – stuck in his ways, he holds the same view as the government.

Constable Edward Freeman – 19+ – still young, and somewhat innocent to the ways of the world, he initially believes that the government is doing the right thing, but after meeting Kala, he talks to her, and not only starts to see that she is right, but begins to fall in love with her.