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Australian Biography: Charles Perkins

1999

Australian Biography: Charles Perkins

1999

  • NFSA ID0BJMQ1D7
  • TypeFilm
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormSeries
  • Duration26 mins
  • GenresIndigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
  • Year1999
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

From the Film Australia Collection 1998. Made by Film Australia. Directed by Robin Hughes. In a life of exceptional achievement, Charles Perkins, soccer star, university graduate, Aboriginal activist and Canberra bureaucrat, has often been in strife. In this interview he gives his own account of the personal experiences that fuelled his great anger against white injustice and his determination to fight for Aboriginal rights.

  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

From the Film Australia Collection 1998. Made by Film Australia. Directed by Robin Hughes. In a life of exceptional achievement, Charles Perkins, soccer star, university graduate, Aboriginal activist and Canberra bureaucrat, has often been in strife. In this interview he gives his own account of the personal experiences that fuelled his great anger against white injustice and his determination to fight for Aboriginal rights.

  • Production company
    Film Australia
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