Island Home Country
Director JENI THORNLEY, N/A
Countries
Duration 52 min
Synopsis
Island Home Country" is a poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present. The filmmaker goes on a journey to understand the disturbing history of colonial Tasmania, repressed during her own 1950s childhood there. Filming with family, newcomer Australians and First Australians, "Island Home Country" offers insights into how various individuals reckon with the legacies of British colonialism and its race based policies. The film’s consultative process suggests an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma. "
Island Home Country" is a poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present. The filmmaker goes on a journey to understand the disturbing history of colonial Tasmania, repressed during her own 1950s childhood there. Filming with family, newcomer Australians and First Australians, "Island Home Country" offers insights into how various individuals reckon with the legacies of British colonialism and its race based policies. The film’s consultative process suggests an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma. "