Film
It's A Long Road Back
1981 · 13m · Documentary
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Overview
Made by Oomera (Coral) Edwards on Super 8mm film as a training exercise at the (then) Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies in Canberra. The film surveys the New South Wales policy of taking Aboriginal children from their families and putting them in institutions run by the Aborigines Welfare Board. From 1883 to 1969, this policy deprived generations of children of their Aboriginal identity. Oomera was one of these children, and she discusses her own struggle to regain her Aboriginality.
Cast
Crew
- Coral Oomera EdwardsDirector
Details
- Release date
- January 1, 1981
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 13m
- Genres
- Documentary
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