Mabo

Australia, 2012

Film

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Mabo tells the story of one of Australia’s national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.

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Collection

Not in ACMI's collection

Credits

director

Rachel Perkins

costume design

Margot Wilson

producer

Darren Dale

Miranda Dear

production company

Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Blackfella Films

Screen NSW

Screen Queensland

production design

Felicity Abbott

screenplay

Sue Smith

Duration

01:43:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2012

On other websites

View at www.abc.net.au

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

tmdb-movie-114021

Language

English

Subject categories

Drama

History

TV Movie

TMDB-Movie

114021

Wikidata

Q6721611

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