Terra Nullius
5.4
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.
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Cast
10 people
Michelle Lacombe
Alice
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Olivia Patten
Young Alice
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Wendy Playfair
Mary
Known for
Fortress
Dacre King
Neville
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Police Rescue
Kristina Bloomstrand
Woman
No other roles listed
Enid Freeman
Woman
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Victoria Kennedy
Woman
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Transcendence
Paula Maling
Woman
No other roles listed
Phyllis Simpson
Woman
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Sherre DeLys
Additional Voice Work
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Anne Pratten Director · Andrew Lancaster Composer Felicity Fox Composer
First release January 1, 1992 · Produced in Australia · Production Australian Film Television and Radio School
Production
Ronin Films
Production
Australian Film Television and Radio School
Production
Australia
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Australia · January 1, 1992
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Australia
January 1, 2021 · Physical · Re-release; re-mastered from the original film negatives.
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