Tudawali

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Par H @Parhwy 2d This film takes you deeply, closely into Australia of the 1950s and 1960s between Anglo-Australia and Aboriginal Australians (First Nations). Black, white. Country, city. Rich, poor. It is a tragedy, the film and the facts. Structurally, we are taken back and forth from the 50s to the 60s and back again many times. Begins in tragedy, ends in tragedy. There are joy and beauty and love. Tudawali focuses on Tudawali, a First Nations bloke from Melville Island who as an adult became an actor in the 1950s. The cinematography was so convincing and my knowledge of the film so low, I thought it was made in the early 1970s. Nope, 1987. 1988, a year after, was all about The Bicentenary (200 years since colonisation) and this film was well timed. Every type of whitefella is shown from the racist, patroniser, do-gooder, exploiter… I cringed. I was 18 years old then and had no idea this film existed and did not know it existed until January 2026. See more Read all reviews

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