Island Home Country
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.
Genre: Documentary, History
Cast: Jeni Thornley, Rinki Bhattacharya, Dur-e Dara, Jim Everett, Phyllis Pitchford, Arundhati Roy, Julie Janson, Julie Gough, Clive Atkinson, Jan Thornley
Crew: Jeni Thornley (Director), Jeni Thornley (Writer), Sharon Jakovsky (Sound Designer), Andrew Corsi (Assistant Editor), Stephen Ginsborg (Assistant Director)
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