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My life as I live it

Australia, 1993
film

Essie Coffey’s first film, MY SURVIVAL AS AN ABORIGINAL (1978), is now a classic. It introduced us to the life of her family and her community in far no..

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

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