Getting better

Australia, 1987

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Episode number 3 of Series “Black futures (A)”.
The life expectancy of Australian Aborigines is twenty years less than white life expectancy. But things are changing. Aboriginal people are taking control of their own health care. They are trying to combine the best elements of Western medicine with traditional remedies.

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Credits

co-director

Yuri Sokol

Larry Lucas

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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ACMI Identifier

017468

Language

English

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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