
Island Home Country - (2008)Released
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.
Genres
DocumentaryHistory
Production Countries
Australia
Production Companies
Anandi FilmsUniversity of Technology Sydney
Spoken Languages
English
Release Date
2008-08-02
Budget
N/A
Revenue
N/A
Runtime
52 minutes
Some pictures from the movie
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