Terra Nullius

Terra Nullius (1992)

Released Drama · 21 min

 

Terra Nullius (1992)

Released Drama · 21 min

 

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... see more

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... see more

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RUNTIME
N/A min
RELEASED
Jan 1, 1992
COUNTRY
AU
LANGUAGE
EN
SPOKEN
English
BUDGET
N/A
REVENUE
N/A
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