Overview
Loosely based on the filmmaker's personal experience, "Terra Nullius" is an impressionistic account of an eight year old Koori girl, Alice, growing up in a white adoptive family which denies her Aboriginality. The film examines how unacknowledged shame and fear passes from one generation to the next, from one culture to another. The last scene depicts a silent meeting between the young Alice and the adult Alice. In order to reclaim her life, Alice decides she must confront the pain and confusion of her childhood.
Cast
- Michelle Lacombe as Alice
- Olivia Patten as Young Alice
- Wendy Playfair as Mary
- Dacre King as Neville
- Kristina Bloomstrand as Woman
- Enid Freeman as Woman
- Victoria Kennedy as Woman
- Paula Maling as Woman
- Phyllis Simpson as Woman
- Sherre DeLys as Additional Voice Work