Nice Coloured Girls uses experimental film techniques in an examination of the new urban ritual of taking white men for a ride. No longer the victims of these men, the women are still trapped by economic necessity. “Nice Coloured Girls” uses a clever juxtaposition of images and voice over of extracts from early journals of white settlers to compare aspects of the relationship between Australian First Nations women and white men in the past and in the 1980s. Cast includes Gayle Mabo, Cheryl Pit, Janelle Court, Fiona George and Lindsay McCorrmack. (Awards: London, Berlin, Toronto)
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ACMI Identifier
017724
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Producers and directors
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Women
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Germany - Berlin - Awards
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Race relations
Experimental → Experimental films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
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Colour