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Island Home Country

2008-08-02 · 52 min · ★ 5.0

Documentary · History

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.

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Directors
Jeni Thornley
Production companies
Anandi Films, University of Technology Sydney
Countries
Australia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jeni ThornleyNarrator
Rinki BhattacharyaSelf
Dur-e DaraSelf
Jim EverettSelf
Phyllis PitchfordSelf
Arundhati RoyArundhati RoySelf
Julie JansonSelf
Julie GoughSelf
Clive AtkinsonSelf
Jan ThornleySelf

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