Manganinnie

Manganinnie (1980)

Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.

Date of release
1980-08-15
TMDB
6.4 / 10 (7)
Runtime
1h 30m
Genres
Drama
Director
John Honey

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 1 · Nominations: 6. Including: AACTA Award for Best Original Music Score

Manganinnie is an AFI Award-winning 1980 film which follows the journey of Manganinnie, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a lost white girl named Joanna. Based on Beth Roberts' novel of the same name, it was directed by John Honey and was the first feature film to be financed by the short-lived Tasmanian Film Corporation.

Production

Filming took place in the West Coast Range and started on 12 November 1979 and ran for five weeks.

Anna Ralph (aged 7 at the time), who played the little white girl Joanna, is now an Associate Professor of infectious diseases working at Royal Darwin Hospital looking after patients, including Aboriginal peoples.

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