Terra Nullius

Overview

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.

Cast

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Michelle Lacombe

Alice

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Olivia Patten

Young Alice

Wendy Playfair

Mary

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Dacre King

Neville

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Kristina Bloomstrand

Woman

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Enid Freeman

Woman

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Victoria Kennedy

Woman

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Paula Maling

Woman

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Phyllis Simpson

Woman

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Sherre DeLys

Additional Voice Work