

January 1, 1992
21m
EN
Anne Pratten
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.

Michelle Lacombe
Alice

Olivia Patten
Young Alice

Wendy Playfair
Mary

Dacre King
Neville

Anne Pratten
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Kristina Bloomstrand
Woman

Enid Freeman
Woman

Victoria Kennedy
Woman

Paula Maling
Woman

Phyllis Simpson
Woman

Sherre DeLys
Additional Voice Work

Ronin Films
AU

Australian Film Television and Radio School
AU