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Manganinnie

Manganinnie

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 15, 1980

Runtime

1h 30m

Genres

Drama

User Score

64%

Original Title

Manganinnie

Director

John Honey

Description

Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.