Island Home CountryMovie
A poetic cine-essay about race and Australia’s colonised history and how it impacts into the present offering insights into how various individuals deal with the traumatic legacies of British colonialism and its race-based policies. The film’s consultative process, with ‘Respecting Cultures’ (Tasmanian Aboriginal Protocols), offers an evolving shift in Australian historical narratives from the frontier wars, to one of diverse peoples working through historical trauma in a process of decolonisation.
About Island Home Country
Island Home Country is a 2008 documentary, history movie directed by Jeni Thornley.
The production information lists a runtime of 52m, production credits from Australia, an original language code of EN.
The credited cast includes Jeni Thornley, Rinki Bhattacharya, Dur-e Dara, Jim Everett. The synopsis above summarizes the central premise without adding details beyond the available title information.
