Terra Nullius (1992)
Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
- Date of release
- 1992-01-01
- Runtime
- 21m
- Genres
- Drama
- Director
- Anne Pratten
Casting
- Michelle Lacombe — Alice
- Olivia Patten — Young Alice
- Wendy Playfair — Mary
- Dacre King — Neville
- Kristina Bloomstrand — Woman
- Enid Freeman — Woman
- Victoria Kennedy — Woman
- Paula Maling — Woman
- Phyllis Simpson — Woman
- Sherre DeLys — Additional Voice Work
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