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Island Home Country

Island Home Country (2008)

0h 52m | PG-13

⭐ 5 / 10

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

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Cast

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

as Narrator

Rinki Bhattacharya

Rinki Bhattacharya

as Self

Dur-e Dara

Dur-e Dara

as Self

Jim Everett

Jim Everett

as Self

Phyllis Pitchford

Phyllis Pitchford

as Self

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

as Self