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Island Home Country (2008)

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.

  • Documentary
  • History

Top billed cast

  • Photo of Jeni ThornleyJeni ThornleyNarrator
  • Photo of Rinki BhattacharyaRinki BhattacharyaSelf
  • Photo of Dur-e DaraDur-e DaraSelf
  • Photo of Jim EverettJim EverettSelf
  • Photo of Phyllis PitchfordPhyllis PitchfordSelf
  • Photo of Arundhati RoyArundhati RoySelf
  • Photo of Julie JansonJulie JansonSelf
  • Photo of Julie GoughJulie GoughSelf
  • Photo of Clive AtkinsonClive AtkinsonSelf
  • Photo of Jan ThornleyJan ThornleySelf

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