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Mabo
Directed byRachel Perkins
Written bySue Smith
Produced byDarren Dale
Miranda Dear
StarringJimi Bani
Deborah Mailman
Ewen Leslie
Colin Friels
Miranda Otto
Damien Garvey
Tom Budge
Felix Williamson
Leon Ford
Lasarus Ratuere
Edited byRochelle Oshlack
Music byAntony Partos

Production
companies

ABC
Blackfella Films
Screen Queensland
Screen NSW

Release date

  • 9 June 2012 (2012-06-09) (Australia)

Running time

103 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Mabo is an Australian docudrama TV film, released in 2012, which relates the successful legal battle waged by Torres Strait Islander man Eddie Koiki Mabo to bring about native land title legislation in Australia.

Synopsis[edit]

Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander man who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.[1]

Cast[edit]

Production[edit]

The film was written by Sue Smith, directed by Rachel Perkins and produced by Darren Dale and Miranda Dear, all of Blackfella Films, with the assistance of the ABC and SBS.[2] It was filmed at Mer Island in the Torres Strait, Townsville, Brisbane and Canberra.[3]

Release[edit]

It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival 2012.[2][4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Mabo's story of sacrifice and love to premiere at festival". The Sydney Morning Herald. 9 May 2012.
  • ^ a b Dalton, Kim Speech: Mabo Premiere, Sydney Film Festival 2012, 7 June 2012, at ABC TV Blog
  • ^ "Mabo". Creative Spirits. Retrieved 13 January 2023.
  • ^ Dale, D., Perkins, R. Mabo at Sydney Film Festival 2012
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