Mabo: Life of an Island Man

Synopsis

On 3 June 1992, six months after Eddie ‘Koiki’ Mabo’s tragic death, the High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait. The legal fiction that Australia was empty when first occupied by white people has been laid to rest. The film tells the private and public stories of a man so passionate about his family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. Though his greatest victory was won only after his death, it has forever ensured his place on Murray Island and in Australian history.

Language

English

Country

Australia

Medium

Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 87 min.

Year of production

1997

Availability

Sale; 2000 sale: £50.00 (+VAT +p&p)

Subjects

Anthropology

Keywords

Aboriginal peoples; Australia; land rights; Torres Strait

Credits

Director

Trevor Graham

Distributor

Name

Royal Anthropological Institute

Contact

Susanne Hammacher (Film Officer)

Email

film@therai.org.uk

Web

https://www.therai.org.uk/film/film-sales External site opens in new window

Phone

020 7387 0455

Fax

020 7388 8817

Address

50 Fitzroy Street
London
W1T 5BT

Notes

The Institute sells more than 250 anthropology and ethnology titles on video and DVD, including some produced by students and staff of the Granada Centre for Visual Anthropology. There is also a large library of internationally produced film and video productions from which items may be borrowed within the UK.