Manganinnie

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.

Screenplay

Ken Kelso

Director

John Honey

Music

Peter Sculthorpe

Status

Released

Release date

15/08/1980

Original language

English