My Survival as an Aboriginal (1979)

overview : Essie Coffey gives the children lessons on Aboriginal culture. She speaks of the importance of teaching these kids about their traditions. Aboriginal kids are forgetting about their Aboriginal heritage because they are being taught white culture instead.

Release Date : Jul 10, 1979

Runtime : 51m

Genre : Documentary  Family  History  

Companies : Goodgaban Productions, Ballad Films, National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (NFSA), Australian Film Commission

Countries : Australia

Keywords : big family, documentary filmmaking, motherhood, woman director, indigenous australians, australian aboriginal, social & cultural documentary