Island Home Country

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Island Home Country (2008)

Directed by Jeni Thornley

Documentary, History · 52m

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.

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Cast

J
Jeni Thornley Narrator
R
Rinki Bhattacharya Self
D
Dur-e Dara Self
J
Jim Everett Self
P
Phyllis Pitchford Self Arundhati Roy Self
J
Julie Janson Self
J
Julie Gough Self
C
Clive Atkinson Self
J
Jan Thornley Self

Crew

Director
Jeni Thornley
Writer
Jeni Thornley

Details

Release date
2008-08-02
Runtime
52m
Genres
Documentary, History
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
English
Countries
Australia
Production
Anandi Films, University of Technology Sydney