Terra Nullius
1992
Drama
Overview
Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
Cast
Michelle Lacombe
Alice
Olivia Patten
Young Alice
Wendy Playfair
Mary
Dacre King
Neville
Kristina Bloomstrand
Woman
Enid Freeman
Woman
Victoria Kennedy
Woman
Paula Maling
Woman
Phyllis Simpson
Woman
Sherre DeLys
Additional Voice Work
Directors
Anne Pratten
