This documentary commemorates the 10 year campaign that won an unprecedented 90.77% Yes vote in the 1967 Referendum about Indigenous citizenship. Until that referendum the people of the oldest civilisation in the world were not counted as citizens in their own land. Told through personal interviews and rare archival footage, this film details the efforts of the people who helped change the Constitution. Narrated by Deborah Mailman.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
314494
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Civil rights
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Government relations
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legal status, laws, etc.
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Archival resources
Crafts & Visual Arts → Images, Photographic
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Australia - Politics and government
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Voting - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation