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Black Man's Houses

Year of completion: 1992
Content type: Documentary
Format: Short
Genre: History
Duration: 55 minutes
Production Status: Completed

Since the Tasmanian Aborigines were declared extinct in 1876 the survivors have lived with the denial of their existence. Their search for ancestral graves on tiny Flinders Island, the site of a disastrous colonial experiment, prompts a new assessment of white racism and black resistance. In exploring the cultural renaissance in Tasmania and challenging the notion that 'only black-skinned people are real Aborigines' the film relates to many post-colonial societies.

Completion Year: 1992
Genres: History
Format: Short
Production Status: Completed

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1993 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films – Rouben Mamoulian Award - Steve Thomas (shared)

1993 — Dendy Awards for Australian Short Films – Dendy Award

1993 — Australian Teachers Of Media Inc – ATOM Award

1992 — Melbourne International Film Festival – Erwin Rado Award (shared)

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1993 — Human Rights Watch Film Festival

1994 — St Petersburg Internnational Film Festival "Festival of Festivals"

1993 — Singapore International Film Festival

1994 — Würzburg Film Festival

2013 — Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival

1993 — Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival

1992 — Melbourne International Film Festival

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Open Channel Co-operative Ltd

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