Exile and the kingdom (A) | Frank Rijavec | 1992 | ACMI collection

Roger Solomon, an Aboriginal from the north of Western Australia, narrates this history of the tribes from the Fortescue River area, who have been forced into coastal ghettoes, specifically in Roebourne, as a result of government policies, lack of work and the encroachment of mining interests. This removal from their tribal lands has led to their current problems which Solomon and the elders of the tribe would like to solve by a return to their homelands and tribal law. The video is in two parts.

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Credits

producer/director

Frank Rijavec

production company

Noelene Harrison

Frank Rijavec

Ngurin Aboriginal Corporation

Duration

01:50:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1992

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

325377

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Land tenure

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

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

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

History → History

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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Exile and the kingdom

Australia, 1992

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