Survivors

Australia, 1985

TV show
A still image from Survivors (A)

Episode number 6 of Series “Rainbow serpent”.
This program, narrated by playwright and actor, Bob Maza, concentrates on the attempts by the 4000 strong Tasmanian First Nations community to reveal that Truganini was not “the last of the Tasmanians”, and in doing so, to re-establish their pride and identity in contemporary Tasmanian society. These attempts include the production of the first play by and about Tasmanian First Nations peoples- “We are the Survivors”, by Jim Everett, and the campaign by activist and barrister, Michael Mansell, to reclaim the remains of Tasmanian First Nations people stored in the Anatomy Department of the University of Edinburgh.

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Credits

producer/director

Richard Guthrie

production company

SBS-TV

Duration

00:30:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1985

Appears in

Group of items

Rainbow serpent

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303072

Language

English

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

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

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