A look at Australia in the 1960’s through a court case against James Savage, an Australian First Nations man, who was on trial in the United States for murder. Gives an account of the government policy which removed children from their natural parents and placed them with white families. Includes interviews with some of those children who are now grown up. Savage was sentenced to death in January 1990, a sentence subsequently commuted to life.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
304794
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Adoption
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Mixed descent
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan