Films found one film Keywords "Political Activists" x Directors "Graham, Trevor" x Country of production "Australia" x Year of production "1997" x Region Australia 1 Country Australia 1 Keywords Colonialism / Postcolonialism 1 Land Rights 1 Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy 1 Life Story / Life History 1 Political Activists 1 x Public Figure 1 Directors Graham, Trevor 1 x Series not set 1 Country of production Australia 1 x Year of production 1997 1 x Film Mabo: Life of an Island Man 1997 87' Directed by Trevor Graham . On June 3rd 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 had been laid to rest The film tells the private and public stories of a man so passionate about 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. Australia Public Figure Colonialism / Postcolonialism Life Story / Life History Political Activists Land Rights Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy