Island Home Country
Island Home Country

Island Home Country

200852 minJeni ThornleyDocumentaryHistory

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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.

Cast & Crew

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Jeni Thornley

Director

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Jeni Thornley

Narrator

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Rinki Bhattacharya

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Dur-e Dara

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Jim Everett

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Phyllis Pitchford

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Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

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