“It’s Ok, We’re Safe Here”: The Karrabing Film Collective and Colonial Histories in Australia

Windjarrameru (The Stealing C*nt$) tells the story of four young Indigenous Australian men who are accused of stealing beer and then chased by police into a marsh that has been contaminated by mining. The film subverts representations of Indigenous Australians in ethnographic film and makes visible...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/ces,
Autor Principal: Wander, Maggie
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Idioma:Anglais
Publicado: Commonwealth Essays and Studies 2019
Acceso en liña:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Résumé:Windjarrameru (The Stealing C*nt$) tells the story of four young Indigenous Australian men who are accused of stealing beer and then chased by police into a marsh that has been contaminated by mining. The film subverts representations of Indigenous Australians in ethnographic film and makes visible the way these representational tools are part of the same destructive force enacted by colonial structures of power that support the mining industry.