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State of Shock

Year of completion: 1989
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: Society
Duration: 59 minutes
Production Status: Completed

In 1979 Alwyn Peter, a young Aboriginal, stabbed his girlfriend to death in a drunken rage. STATE OF SHOCK takes this incident and scenes from the play of the same name to look at how their broken culture has left Aboriginal people lost and powerless and turning their anger on themselves.

Completion Year: 1989
Genres: Society
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

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Awards

1989 — International Festival of Film, Television and Video of Rio de Janeiro

1990 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc

Screenings

1990 — Mumbai International Film Festival for Documentary, Short & Animation Films

1991 — FestivalDe Cinema De Douarnenez

1989 — Hilversum Documentary Film Fest

1989 — International Festival of Film, Television and Video of Rio de Janeiro

1990 — San Francisco International Film Festival

1989 — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

1988 — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

1990 — Cinema Du Reel

1989 — Cork International Film Festival

1989 — DOK Leipzig