Manganinnie

John Honey
1980-08-15


6.4
90 min

Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.

Cast

Name Character Team
Mawuyul Yanthalawuy Manganinnie Unowned
Anna Ralph Joanna Waterman Unowned
Phillip Hinton Edward Waterman Unowned
Buruminy Dhamarrandji Meenopeekameena Unowned
Reg Evans Quinn Unowned
Jonathan Elliot Simon Waterman Unowned
Timothy Latham William Waterman Unowned
Bill McCluskey Convict 2 Unowned
Charles Lathalu Yunipingu Aboriginal warrior Unowned