Island Home Country (2008)
0h 52m | PG-13
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.
Director: Jeni Thornley
Studio: Anandi Films
Genre: Documentary, History
Video: 720p
Cast
Jeni Thornley
as Narrator
Rinki Bhattacharya
as Self
Dur-e Dara
as Self
Jim Everett
as Self
Phyllis Pitchford
as Self
Arundhati Roy
as Self