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.
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Directed by | Rachel Perkins |
Written by | Sue Smith |
Produced by | Darren Dale Miranda Dear |
Starring | Jimi Bani Deborah Mailman Ewen Leslie Colin Friels Miranda Otto Damien Garvey Tom Budge Felix Williamson Leon Ford Lasarus Ratuere |
Edited by | Rochelle Oshlack |
Music by | Antony Partos |
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Running time | 103 minutes |
Country | Australia |
Language | English |
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]
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]
It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival 2012.[2][4]