Getting better

Australia, 1987

Film
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Episode number 3 of Series “Black futures (A)”.
The life expectancy of Australian First Nations people is decades less than that of white Australians. But things are changing. First Nations people are taking control of their own health care. They are trying to combine the best elements of Western medicine with their own medical science.

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Credits

co-director

Larry Lucas

Yuri Sokol

producer

Michael Le Moignan

production company

Australian Film Commission

Corroboree Films

Duration

00:57:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1987

Appears in

Black futures

Group of items

Black futures

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

017468

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Health and hygiene

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Medical care

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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