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Documentary | History

5.0

Release Date

August 2, 2008

Duration

52 min

Status

Released

Language

en

Overview

A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consultative process, with ‘Respecting Cultures’ (Tasmanian Aboriginal Protocols), offers an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma in a process of decolonisation.

Casts

Jeni Thornley

Narrator

Jeni Thornley

Rinki Bhattacharya

Self

Rinki Bhattacharya

Dur-e Dara

Self

Dur-e Dara

Jim Everett

Self

Jim Everett

Phyllis Pitchford

Self

Phyllis Pitchford

Arundhati Roy

Self

Arundhati Roy

Julie Janson

Self

Julie Janson

Julie Gough

Self

Julie Gough

Clive Atkinson

Self

Clive Atkinson

Jan Thornley

Self

Jan Thornley

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