Island Home Country (2008)

08/02/2008 (AU) • 52m

Documentary, History

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

australia

social documentary

indigenous australians

tasmanian

tasmania

australian history

women in film

social & cultural documentary

super8

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