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Island Home Country

Island Home Country

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Status

Released

Release Date

Aug 2, 2008

Runtime

0h 52m

Genres

Documentary, History

User Score

50%

Original Title

Island Home Country

Production Companies

Anandi Films, University of Technology Sydney

Director

Jeni Thornley

Description

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.