| Title |
Two Laws |
| Copyright Title |
Two Laws |
| Released |
1978 |
| Production Year |
1977 |
| Director |
Carolyn Strachan,
Alessandro Cavadini
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| Comments |
This is a curious film in that it was made not by filmakers, but by ethnographers, and the Aboriginal people were consulted with every step of the process. |
| Synopsis |
The film charts the struggle of the Borroloola people for recognition of Aboriginal law.It contains four sections:
Police Times
Welfare Times
Struggle for Our Land
Living with Two Laws |
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| book - 'Two laws Kanymarda Yuwa'
Media Interventions . 00-00-1981 |
| p.63-77
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| journal - 'Two laws' Filmviews. p.p.16 |
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Author Unknown
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| Synopsis and brief notes by a review panel
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| journal - Camera Natura: Landscape in Australian Feature Films Framework 22. pp.47-51 |
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Ross Gibson
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| Gibson provides a detailed analytical discussion on the use of landscape in Australian feature films.
He argues that in Australian cinematic discourse it is...[full record]
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| book - Claiming the Real . 00-00-1995 |
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Brian Winston
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| A critique of the principkes underpinning the dominant tradition of documentary filmaking, ie. the Grierson tradition. Takes a look at cinema verite, direct ...[full record]
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| book - Sites of Difference: cinematic representations of Aboriginality and gender |
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Karen Jennings
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| Discusses the perpetuation of mythologies and stereotypes pertaining to Aboriginality in the Australian Cinema. Examines the cultural construction of Aborigi...[full record]
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| journal - Two laws Metro, Filmviews, Cinema Papers, The Virgin Press. pp.p.328-329, |
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Author Unknown,
Marcus Breen,
John Avery
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| Discussion of the film made by the Borroloola people with the assistance of Alessandro Cavadini and Carolyn Strachan on the struggle for recognition of Abori...[full record]
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