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Filmed in Sydney interiors and south-east Queensland locations, this melodrama is based on one of the incidents in Steele Rudd’s book involving the kidnapping of a woman from the family cattle station by First Nations people who believe that she is their ‘great white queen’. Beset by production problems and discord and marred by the inadequate performances of the two male leads, Runnibede was reshaped by an imported American director for the international market. The First Nations people in effect become head-hunters from Hollywood’s “darkest Africa” mythology. Cast includes Eva Novak, Gordon Collingridge, Claude Saunders and Dunstan Webb. Restored on video using original tinted nitrate reels of the film.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309753
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Bushmen
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Australia - Rural conditions
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Rural families
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Australia - Rural conditions
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Bushmen
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rural families
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Australia - Rural conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Bushmen
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Rural families
Feature films → Feature films - Australia
Literature → Australian literature - Film and video adaptations
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)