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Manganinnie (1980)

Manganinnie (1980)

Drama
Release Date: 1980, August 15
Directors: John Honey
Countries: Australia
Production: Tasmanian Film Corporation, Tasmanian Film Corporation
Cast: Reg Evans, Bill McCluskey, Phillip Hinton, Mawuyul Yanthalawuy, Jonathan Elliot, Charles Lathalu Yunipingu, Anna Ralph, Buruminy Dhamarrandji, Timothy Latham

Overview:

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.