Island Home Country
Island Home Country

Island Home Country

2008-08-02 | 52 min

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

Documentary History

Cast

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

Rinki Bhattacharya

Rinki Bhattacharya

Dur-e Dara

Dur-e Dara

Jim Everett

Jim Everett

Phyllis Pitchford

Phyllis Pitchford

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Julie Janson

Julie Janson

Julie Gough

Julie Gough

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