Island Home Country

Rating: 5.0
Island Home Country

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.

Revenue:
$N/A

Date Released:
08/02/2008

SPOTLIGHT

Cast

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

Narrator

Rinki Bhattacharya

Rinki Bhattacharya

Self

Dur-e Dara

Dur-e Dara

Self

Jim Everett

Jim Everett

Self

Phyllis Pitchford

Phyllis Pitchford

Self

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