Episode number 3 of Series “Black futures (A)”.
The life expectancy of Australian First Nations people is decades less than that of white Australians. But things are changing. First Nations people are taking control of their own health care. They are trying to combine the best elements of Western medicine with their own medical science.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
017468
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Health and hygiene
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Medical care
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan