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"Two Laws"
1981
Directed by Carolyn Strachan / Alessandro Cavadini
"A breakthrough of major significance in ethnographic
film" (Film Quarterly), Two Laws is the story of an Aboriginal
community from the remote Northern Territory of Australia told through their
own eyes and through their own narrative traditions. With dramatic, sensual
visuals and dreamlike pacing, the Aboriginal filmmakers trace the history of
their struggle to reclaim their lands and the problems they faced living
under "Two Laws" - one a centuries-old Aboriginal code, the other the brutal
rule of law imposed by European settlers. This approach offers a completely
different logic to documenting history and culture, and the result is a
fascinating film that not only pushes past the boundaries of documentary,
but challenges the stilted style of ethnographic filmmaking typically found
on television. In Aboriginal dialect with English subtitles.
140 minutes. |
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