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Island Home Country

20085.0 / 1052 min
Documentary, History

Overview

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.

Cast

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

Narrator

Rinki Bhattacharya

Rinki Bhattacharya

Self

Dur-e Dara

Dur-e Dara

Self

Jim Everett

Jim Everett

Self

Phyllis Pitchford

Phyllis Pitchford

Self

Arundhati Roy

Arundhati Roy

Self

Julie Janson

Julie Janson

Self

Julie Gough

Julie Gough

Self

Clive Atkinson

Clive Atkinson

Self

Jan Thornley

Jan Thornley

Self

Crew

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

Director

Jeni Thornley

Jeni Thornley

Writer

Sharon Jakovsky

Sharon Jakovsky

Sound Designer

Andrew Corsi

Andrew Corsi

Assistant Editor

Stephen Ginsborg

Stephen Ginsborg

Assistant Director

Megan McMurchy

Megan McMurchy

Consulting Producer