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245 00 Mabo : |bLife of an Island Man.
264 1 [San Francisco, California, USA] :|bKanopy Streaming,
|c2015.
300 1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 88 minutes)
:|bdigital, .flv file, sound
336 two-dimensional moving image|btdi|2rdacontent
337 computer|bc|2rdamedia
338 online resource|bcr|2rdacarrier
344 digital
347 video file|bMPEG-4|bFlash
500 Title from title frames.
518 Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of
Australia in 1997.
520 Mabo : Life of an Island Man is the story of a small
island and an extraordinary man. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born
on Murray Island in the Torres Strait, but lived most of
his life in exile. Only after his death did the island
wholeheartedly welcome him home. By then the island and
Eddie, between them, had changed the legal and political
landscape of Australia. On June 3rd 1992, six months after
Eddie Mabo's tragic death, the High Court of Australia
upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held "native title"
to three islands on the eastern fringe of the Torres
Strait. Aboriginal and Islander communities across
Australia greeted the Mabo judgement with jubilation. The
legal fiction that Australia was an empty land when first
occupied by white people had been laid to rest - by the
highest court in the land. After more than 200 years of
struggle, European law was at last coming to grips with
pre-existing indigenous law. But the world knows little of
Eddie Mabo, the man who gave his name - and much of his
life - to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate
throughout Australia. Filmmaker Trevor Graham counted
Eddie as a friend during the last few years of Mabo's
life. Land Bilong Islanders, his 1989 documentary, would
become the only film record of the Mabo proceedings. Now
he has made a new film, a feature documentary about the
little-known life of Eddie Mabo. It tells the private and
public stories of an island man so passionate about family
and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal
system. Though he died before his greatest victory was won,
it has forever ensured his place - on Murray Island and in
Australian history. Mabo : Life of an Island Man is a film
about Eddie Koiki Mabo, the public and the private man. A
Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with
the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.
© 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.
Executive Producer: Sharon Connolly Producer: Denise
Haslem, Trevor Graham (Co-producer) Director: Trevor
Graham Writer: Trevor Graham DOP/Cinematographer: John
Whitteron Narrator/Presenter: Trevor Graham Featured
People: Eddie Koiki Mabo, Bonita Mabo, Eddie Mabo Jnr,
Gail Mabo, Mario Mabo, Celuia Mabo, Malita West, Danny
West, Bryan Keon-Cohen, Noel Loos, Henry Reynolds,
Margaret Reynolds, Donald Whaleboat, Father Dave Passi,
Jack Wailu, James Rice, Paul Smith, Eric Willmot, Justice
Martin Moynihan, Marwar Dipoma, Kaba Noah, Lois O'Donoghue,
Cath Carter, George Carter.
538 Mode of access: World Wide Web.
600 10 Mabo, Eddie|d1936-1992.
650 0 Mabo and others v. State of Queensland|xHigh Court
|zAustralia.
650 0 Torres Strait Islanders|vBiography.
650 0 Land tenure|xLaw and legislation|zAustralia|zQueensland
|zMurray Islands.
650 0 Mabo|xTerra nullius|xLaw and legislation|xHigh court
|zAustralia.
655 7 Biographies.|2lcgft
700 1 Graham, Trevor,|eDirector,|eCo-producer,|eNarrator.
700 1 Haslem, Denise,|eProducer,|eEditor.
700 1 Connolly, Sharon,|eExecutive Producer.
700 1 Holmes, Jonathon,|eNarration writer.
700 1 Mabo, Bonita,|ePerformer.
700 1 Mabo, Eddie Jr.,|ePerformer.
700 1 Loos, Noel,|ePerformer.
700 1 Reynolds, Henry,|ePerformer.
710 2 Kanopy (Firm)
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