Terra Nullius

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.

Scénario

Anne Pratten

Réalisation

Anne Pratten

Musique

Andrew Lancaster

Musique

Felicity Fox

Statut

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01/01/1992

Langue originale

Anglais