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Year 12 - English Text - Comparison - The Hate Race & Charlie's Country: Charlie's Country

Setting

Ramingining Community Profile

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Resources

Script
For the purpose of retrieving quotes.
ATOM Charlie's Country Film Study Guide
The Story of Charlie's Country by Rolf De Heer (Director)
Gives insight into the development of the story and film.
Charlie's Country Movie Resource
This resource looks critically at issues raised in the book such as living under intervention, Charlie's house and whitefella law.

Movie

Charlie's Country (2013)

Director: Rolf de Heer

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Synopsis

Charlie (David Gulpilil), an Aboriginal man of Australia, struggles to navigate the society he finds himself in, especially when he tries to reconnect with the traditional ways of his people.

The Intervention

Brief Overview of the Intervention

Professor Jon Altman of Melbourne's Deakin University on the NT 2007 'Intervention'

Creative Spirits - Northern Territory Emergency Response (NTER) - "The Intervention"
In June 2007, the federal government staged a massive intervention in the NT to "protect Aboriginal children" from sexual abuse. Without consultation Aboriginal peoples' lives were heavily regulated, and many felt ashamed and angry. Despite wide-spread protests the intervention was extended until 2022.
Intervention Timeline

Images

Key Articles

SMH - Charlie's Country arises from the shadowlands
Article describes the parallels between David Gulpilil and his character Charlie. "Caught between cultures and comfortable in neither".
Overland - Like everything and nothing
A critical review of both film and content.
Under the Radar - Charlie's Country
A review of both the story and the cinematic features of the filming and music.
Inside Story - His Country and Ours
Syvia Lawson reviews Charlie's Country
Northern Territory Emergency Response: Views on 'intervention' differ 10 years on
A balanced view of the NT Intervention