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Films
found one film
Region
“Australia”
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Keywords
“Indigenous peoples First Nations peoples”
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Directors
“MacDougall, David”
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Series
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Country of production
“United States”
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Year of production
“1983”
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Region
Australia
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Country
Australia
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Keywords
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
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Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
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Directors
MacDougall, David
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MacDougall, Judith
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Country of production
Australia
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United States
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Year of production
1983
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Film
Collum Calling Canberra
1983
59
‘
Directed by
David MacDougall
Judith MacDougall
.
An account of Aboriginal people steering their way through the often frustrating processes of official decision-making, as it is seen from their viewpoint far away from Canberra. Gordon Smith, head of the co-operative that runs ‘Collum Collum’ Station in northern New South Wales, and Sunny Bancroft, its manager, are trying to get a government loan to stock the property with breeding cattle so that it can become financially independent. This means preparing budgets, arguing their case and keeping up the pressure. The hardest thing, always, is to find out what is going on in Canberra.
Australia
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples