Island Home Country

Movie
TitleIsland Home Country
User score

5

Release dateAug 2, 2008
GenreDocumentary, History
DirectorJeni Thornley
Production countryAustralia
Production companiesAnandi Films, University of Technology Sydney
Run time52 min.

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.

Videos

'Island Home Country' Trailer 1

May 31, 2008

Island Home Country Trailer 2

Jul 18, 2014

Island Home Country (opening clip)

Oct 28, 2012

Island Home Country ('Mourning' sequence)

Nov 2, 2011

Island Home Country, from "Reckoning" chapter

Aug 6, 2011

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