An extraordinary personal journey into the experience of being black in a powerful white society. “Link-up Diary” is a film about the consequences of New South Wales long term practice of taking Aboriginal children away from their parents and raising them in “white” environments. In following the reunification, after many years, of several families in Sydney, during one week of 1986, the filmmaker adopts a diary format which does not attempt to disguise awareness of the camera’s presence. This awareness becomes part of the film’s subject.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
300555
Language
English
Audience classification
Exempt
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Adoption
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Children
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Removal
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-1 Digital File - 2MB Rate; Copy