AustLit
Subcategory of Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards
Latest Winners / Recipients
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Year: 2020
winner form y
Maralinga Tjarutja
( dir. Larissa Behrendt
)
Australia
:
Blackfella Films
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2020
20705713
2020
single work
film/TV
'Maralinga Tjarutja land, located in regional South Australia, was used for the British Nuclear Test Program between 1953 and 1963. The Maralinga Tjarutja people fought for the clean-up of contamination, for compensation and for the handback in 2009 of the Maralinga Village and Test Sites. They have since rebuilt traditional communities into vibrant, creative cultural communities that will ensure Maralinga Tjarutja custodianship of their lands into the future.
'New SAFC supported ABC documentary Maralinga Tjarutja tells this story through the eyes of the Maralinga Tjarutja people, who have lived on their lands for over 60 thousand years. The documentary shines a fresh spotlight on what is both a story of deep tragedy and also incredible resilience, celebrating the people, their tenacious spirit and cultural strength through which they fight to retain their country.'
Source: South Australian Film Corporation (Sighted: 4/11/2020).
