Released:
2008-08-02

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.

Director:
Jeni Thornley

Runtime:
0h 52min

Genre:
Documentary, History

• Cast:
• 
  Jeni Thornley
  as
  Narrator
• 
  Rinki Bhattacharya
  as
  Self
• 
  Dur-e Dara
  as
  Self
• 
  Jim Everett
  as
  Self
• 
  Phyllis Pitchford
  as
  Self