Manganinnie

Manganinnie

Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by John Honey
Produced by Gilda Baracchi
Written by Ken Kelso
Beth Roberts (novel)
Starring Mawuyul Yanthalawuy
Anna Ralph
Music by Peter Sculthorpe
Cinematography Gary Hansen
Editing by Mike Woolveridge
Distributed by GUO
Release date(s) 15 August 1980 (1980-08-15)
Running time 90 minutes
Country Australia
Language Palawa kani
English
Budget A$481,000[1]

Manganinnie is an AFI Award-winning 1980 film which follows the journey of Manganinnie, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a young, lost white girl named Joanna. Based on Beth Roberts' novel of the same name, it was directed by John Honey and was the first feature film to be financed by the short-lived Tasmanian Film Corporation.

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Synopsis

During the Black War of 1830 in Van Diemen's Land, Manganinnie journeys across vast mountains and rivers towards the coast in search of her vanished tribe. She finds Joanna, a lost white girl, along her way. The pair develop a bond for each other even without a common language. Ultimately however, Manganinnie comes to realise that her people and tribal way of life has been destroyed by the British colonists.

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References

  1. ^ Connolly, Keith (1994). Oxford Australian Film 1978 - 1994. Oxford University Press. Page 62
  2. ^ afi.org.au - AFI AWARD WINNERS: FEATURE CATEGORIES 1958-2010

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