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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.
1h 43m. The remarkable life story of Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo; a Torres Strait Islander who left school at the age of 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius. (2012) Violence.
Learn how to analyse Mabo, a biographical movie about Eddie Koiki Mabo, who fought for Indigenous land rights in Australia. Find plot summary, key characters, themes, context and sample paragraphs for English.
May 9, 2012 · Mabo trailer. Twenty years after the historic Mabo decision, the moving life story of Eddie and Bonita Mabo comes to the screen in a feature directed by Rachel Perkins (Bran Nue Day) and...
- 2 min
- 44.5K
- Sydney Film Festival
Mabo is a biographical film about Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who challenged the fiction of terra nullius in Australia. It also depicts his love story with Bonita and their family.
Mabo is the story of how one man fought the system and won, how one man affected the lives of all his people. Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo was shocked to discover that the...
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Mabo is a 2012 telemovie directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Sue Smith, starring Jimi Bani as Eddie Mabo, who fought for the recognition of traditional land rights in Australia. The film follows his life, his marriage, and his historic court case that overturned the doctrine of terra nullius in 1992.
