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The Witch of Kings Cross

I couldn't find any reference to the judiciallysanctioned destruction of art in...

I couldn't find any reference to the judicially
sanctioned destruction of art in Australia
prior to this

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I couldn't find any reference
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to the judicially sanctioned destruction
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of art in Australia prior to this.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
00:58:48
Uploaded
Jun 10, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

Artist Rosaleen Norton faced allegations of satanic rituals, obscene art and sex orgies in 1950s Sydney, but did the scandals mask her genius?
Her exhibitions were shut down, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
Her exhibitions were shut down,
The worst thing about it was the art industry - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:04
The worst thing about it was the art industry
She was really left alone at that point in time, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
She was really left alone at that point in time,
"I had noticed about people's reactions - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:04
"I had noticed about people's reactions
They are inclined to see themselves in them, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
They are inclined to see themselves in them,
We often scapegoat and marginalise - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
We often scapegoat and marginalise
So something that is denied or repressed within us, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:11
So something that is denied or repressed within us,
But what we can see - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:11
But what we can see
She is actually painting something - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:10
She is actually painting something
She was a totally unique individual; - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:07
She was a totally unique individual;
She wasn't going to give up her art - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:11
She wasn't going to give up her art
So in that sense she would have been a kind of, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:06
So in that sense she would have been a kind of,
A larger than life mythical female character - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:10
A larger than life mythical female character
But people also clamour for this, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:08
But people also clamour for this,
She had her own career and she was an artist - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:10
She had her own career and she was an artist
She threatened everything - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:10
She threatened everything
I think she was so badly treated - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:14
I think she was so badly treated
And she took the media on, on her own terms. - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:05
And she took the media on, on her own terms.
And she fought back to all the misrepresentations, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:09
And she fought back to all the misrepresentations,
She embraced the stereotypical image of the witch, - The Witch of Kings Cross 00:11
She embraced the stereotypical image of the witch,