Manganinnie
Manganinnie is an AFI Award-winning 1980 film which follows the journey of Manganinnie, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a young, lost white girl named Joanna. Based on Beth Roberts' novel of the same name, it was directed by John Honey and was the first feature film to be financed by the short-lived Tasmanian Film Corporation.
Synopsis
During the Black War of 1830 in Van Diemen's Land, Manganinnie journeys across vast mountains and rivers towards the coast in search of her vanished tribe. She finds Joanna, a white girl, along her way. The pair develop a bond for each other even without a common language. Ultimately however, Manganinnie comes to realise that her people and tribal way of life has been destroyed by the British colonists.
Production
Filming started 12 November 1979 and took five weeks.
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Reception
Despite the grim subject matter the film recovered its costs and made a small profit.
'Manganinnie' is featured as a movie character in the following productions:
Manganinnie (1980)
Actors: Tas Burns (actor), Lex Clark (actor), Dhamabariniy (actor), Buruminy Dhamarrandji (actor), Gutiwa Dhammarrandji (actor), Jarrka Dhammarrandji (actor), Len Burarrapuwuy Dhammarrandji (actor), Makultja Baykali Dhammarrandji (actor), Malawa Dhammarrandji (actor), Mana Mana Dhammarrandji (actor), Munguluma Dhammarrandji (actor), Leone Dickson (actor), Brian Duhig (actor), Jonathan Elliot (actor), Banarraba Bukultjpi (actor),
Plot: Through lyrical images, Manganinnie journeys across mountains towards the coast with Joanna, a white girl, in search of Manganinnie's vanished tribe. The poignancy of this film derives from the Aboriginal woman's gradual realization that her people and the tribal way of life are forever gone. It is the story of the Black Drive of 1830, the near-genocide of the Tasmanian Aborigines.
Keywords: australian-aboriginal, based-on-novel, character-name-in-title, independent-filmGenres: Drama,
Taglines: While the flame burns her spirit lives.
