The Oyster Farmer is a film that can be seen to have many links to our set text The Secret River. Both stories use the Hawkesbury River as their main setting, just viewing the trailer for the film will give you a good idea of what the region looks like. The idea of the river nuturing people physically and spiritually is presented in both texts. They also both delve closely into the relationships of the people who live by the river. A husband and wife feature as main players in The Oyster Farmer and they can easily be compared to Sal and Will Thornhill, but a modern day version. They struggle to communicate with each other as they try to survive and raise their children within an unpredictable environment.
If this movie script was written in response to the prompt, 'In the middle of difficulty lies opportunity. Growth can come from conflict', it would work strongly as a response. It would be addressing the set prompt, drawing from the set text and considering the Context.
