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The film is about a young Aboriginal girl who dreams of life beyond the family camp that sits on the fringe of white society (the term fringe dwellers having specific application in Australia). The film is acclaimed as being the first Australian film featuring Indigenous actors in all the major roles.
In "The Fringe Dwellers," Trilby's life is touched by the supernatural - an old crone foretells the future in a disturbing scene - but it is controlled much more by Trilby's determination. She is played by Kristina Nehm in an extraordinary screen debut.
The Fringe Dwellers was based on a white woman’s story and was made by white filmmakers, but it was significant in 1986 for having a cast who were almost entirely Indigenous and having Indigenous activist and poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal as an actor in, and script adviser for, the film.
An Aboriginal girl convinces her family to move into a proper house and lead a 'normal' life. She becomes disheartened when all her relatives move in, then her father spends the rent.
The Fringe Dwellers: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Kristina Nehm, Justine Saunders, Bob Maza, Kylie Belling. Story of an aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.
- (443)
- Drama
- Bruce Beresford
- 1986-10
Based on a 1961 novel written by Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers tells the story of the cultural conflict experienced by Trilby (Kristina Nehm), and her desire to get out of the fringe camp and enter mainstream society.
Jan 24, 1987 · Yet “The Fringe Dwellers,” which glows with cinematographer Don McAlpine’s clear-cut images, values those who are living hand to mouth for their ability to live life as it comes and for their...
