Ruby moved to Melbourne to start living the life she wanted to lead, but her family back home has other plans. Marriage in her culture is a family affair where everyone is involved. Ruby’s family have been on the hunt for someone to “take care of her” for years now but Ruby is in no rush to settle. RUBY is a 5 min documentary that depicts the pressure Ruby feels from her family to marry who they choose or to find her own way.
Ruby
Featuring Rubina Peters
A film by Sarah Menegon
Archive footage and photographs
Rubina Peters personal collection
‘Kissing’, The Edison Company, Creative Commons.
‘Home movie: 000558: 1956 Jewish wedding’, A/V Geeks, Creative Commons
Music
‘India’
Composed by Benjamin Tissot
‘Old Phone’
by Kassimaja
www.freesound.org
‘Old 8mm’
by Jude 13
www.freesound.org
With thanks to
Paul Ritchard, Adam Farrington-Williams and Emma Docherty
Supervising Producer
Rohan Spong
Created as part of
Real to Reel studio
School of Media and Communication
RMIT
2020