Two Laws
7.0
White people don't understand that there are two laws - white people have different laws from Aboriginal people. TWO LAWS is a film about history, law and life in the community of Borroloola in far North Queensland. The films offers viewers a remarkable and different way of seeing and hearing. Like the film, BACKROADS, it is one of the few productions at that time in which Aboriginal people had creative input. The impetus for TWO LAWS came from the community themselves. There was substantial collaboration with the film makers before and during the shooting period. It is one of the most outstanding films to be made during the 1980s. It is an historical analysis of what, nearly forty years later, is an increasingly contemporary question. Two Laws.
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Cast
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Carolyn Strachan Director · Alessandro Cavadini Director
United States release October 4, 1982 · Produced in Australia
Production
Australian Film Commission
Production
Australia
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Mexico · January 1, 1982
World Congress of Sociology
United States · October 4, 1982
Premiere · Margaret Mead Film Festival
Australia
June 3, 1982 · Premiere · Melbourne International Film Festival
September 23, 2008 · Physical
France
February 27, 1982 · Premiere · Cinéma du réel
United Kingdom
August 22, 1982 · Premiere · Edinburgh International Film Festival
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