Terra Nullius

Terra Nullius

1992 en 21 minutes

Rating: 0

Plot

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

Michelle Lacombe

Michelle Lacombe

Alice

Olivia Patten

Olivia Patten

Young Alice

Wendy Playfair

Wendy Playfair

Mary

Dacre King

Dacre King

Neville

Kristina Bloomstrand

Kristina Bloomstrand

Woman

Enid Freeman

Enid Freeman

Woman

Victoria Kennedy

Victoria Kennedy

Woman

Paula Maling

Paula Maling

Woman

Phyllis Simpson

Phyllis Simpson

Woman

Sherre DeLys

Sherre DeLys

Additional Voice Work

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