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It runs a compact 21m.
Synopsis
Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
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Key crew
- Anne PrattenWriter
- Anne PrattenDirector
- Andrew LancasterOriginal Music Composer
- Felicity FoxOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Michelle LacombeAlice
- Olivia PattenYoung Alice
- Wendy PlayfairMary
- Dacre KingNeville
- Kristina BloomstrandWoman
- Enid FreemanWoman
- Victoria KennedyWoman
- Paula MalingWoman
- Phyllis SimpsonWoman
- Sherre DeLysAdditional Voice Work
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Themes
australiatraumabased on true storyracismracial slurracial prejudicegenerationalimpressionistwoman directorindigenous australiansaustralian aboriginal1960s