Manganinnie (Captioned)

Australia, 1980

Film
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Manganinnie, fleeing the Aboriginal genocide of 1830 in Tasmania, rescues a tiny lost white child. Together they find compassion, love and a bond that delivers them from desperation, loneliness and the terror of pursuit. Based on the novel by Beth Roberts with music by Peter Sculthorpe and a script by Ken Kelso.

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Credits

co-director

Daphne Crooks

Ross Hamilton

Robert Hynard

John Honey

producer

Gilda Baracchi

production company

Tasmanian Film Corporation

Duration

01:26:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1980

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

304403

Language

English

Audience classification

G

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Tasmania

Adaptations

Closed captioning

Feature films

Feature films → Feature films - Australia

Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations

Sound/audio

Captioned

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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