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From the Western Frontier, Series 3 Episode 1: The Third Space

2016

From the Western Frontier, Series 3 Episode 1: The Third Space

2016

  • NFSA IDGV9T5500
  • TypeTelevision
  • MediumMoving Image
  • FormStill Image
  • GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
  • Year2016
  • WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons

Fair-skinned Noongar girl Meeka Rees struggles to fit into an Aboriginal world despite her grandmother being prominent Aboriginal artist, Sandra Hill.

She goes on a personal journey with her grandmother, mother and sister to understand how an ideology, based on skin colour, underpinned the Stolen Generations policies and continues to have an impact on her family’s ability to identify and connect with their Aboriginality today.

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

Fair-skinned Noongar girl Meeka Rees struggles to fit into an Aboriginal world despite her grandmother being prominent Aboriginal artist, Sandra Hill.

She goes on a personal journey with her grandmother, mother and sister to understand how an ideology, based on skin colour, underpinned the Stolen Generations policies and continues to have an impact on her family’s ability to identify and connect with their Aboriginality today.

  • Writer and director
    Casey Kickett
    Producer
    Renee Kennedy
    Production company
    Metamorflix Pty Ltd
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