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AU, 2021
tv-show

Escaping the fallout of a personal cataclysmic event, Charlie, a young Australian Aboriginal woman, finds herself at the centre of a mismatched community of d..

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Algorithmically related works from our collection by description:

Charlie's Country

Australia, 2013
Similarity: 69%

The Survivalists

United Kingdom, 1982
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The Fringe dwellers

Australia, 1987
Similarity: 68%

On the Road to Survival

Australia, 1988
Similarity: 68%

Walkabout

Australia and United Kingdom, 1971
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What ever became of Charlie?

Australia, 2004
Similarity: 67%

Living with disaster

Australia, 1975
Similarity: 67%

No worries

Australia, 1992
Similarity: 67%

Blackout: [Spirituality]

Australia, 1991
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Quest for country

Australia, 1993
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My Survival as an Aboriginal film stills

Australia, 1978
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Holy smoke

Australia, 1999
Similarity: 66%

Production shot from Essie Coffey’s My Survival as an Aboriginal

Australia, 1978
Similarity: 66%

The Survivor

Australia, 2006
Similarity: 66%

The Road to Charlie

Australia, 1974
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Sparrow

Australia, 1996
Similarity: 66%

A Family moves camp and gathers food

Australia, 1966
Similarity: 66%

My survival as an Aboriginal

Australia, 1978
Similarity: 65%
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