''Mabo'' is an Australian
docudrama
Docudrama (or documentary drama) is a genre of television and film, which features dramatized re-enactments of actual events. It is described as a hybrid of documentary and drama and "a fact-based representation of real event".
Docudramas typic ...
TV film, released in 2012, which relates the successful legal battle waged by
Torres Strait Islander
Torres Strait Islanders () are the Indigenous Melanesian people of the Torres Strait Islands, which are part of the state of Queensland, Australia. Ethnically distinct from the Aboriginal people of the rest of Australia, they are often grouped ...
man
Eddie Koiki Mabo to bring about
native land title legislation in Australia.
Synopsis
''Mabo'' tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes -
Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander man who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the
High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of ''
terra nullius
''Terra nullius'' (, plural ''terrae nullius'') is a Latin expression meaning " nobody's land".
It was a principle sometimes used in international law to justify claims that territory may be acquired by a state's occupation of it.
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Cast
*
Jimi Bani
Jimi Bani is an Indigenous Australian actor, known for his portrayal of land rights activist Eddie Mabo in the 2012 tele-movie '' Mabo'', several television series, and theatre performances.
Early life and education
A Torres Strait Islander ( ...
as
Eddie Mabo
Edward Koiki Mabo (''né'' Sambo; 29 June 1936 – 21 January 1992) was an Indigenous Australian man from the Torres Strait Islands known for his role in campaigning for Indigenous land rights in Australia, in particular the landmark decision o ...
**Gedor Zaro as Young Eddie
*
Deborah Mailman
Deborah Jane Mailman (born 14 July 1972) is an Australian television and film actress, and singer. Mailman played the character Kelly Lewis on the Australian television series ''The Secret Life of Us'' and Cherie Butterfield in the Australian c ...
as
Bonita Mabo (née Neehow)
*
Ewen Leslie
Ewen Leslie (born 27 July 1980) is an Australian stage, film and television actor.
Career Theatre
His first work on Sydney stages was performing at the Old Fitzroy Hotel theatre in Woolloomooloo. In 2007 he was cast by Philip Seymour Hoffma ...
as Bryan Keon-Cohen
*
Tom Budge
Thomas Budge (born 15 March 1982) is an Australian actor. Budge was born in Melbourne, Victoria. Early in his acting career, Budge appeared in a number of Australian television shows, including '' Neighbours'', ''Round the Twist'', and ''Shock J ...
as Greg McIntyre
*
Felix Williamson
Felix Williamson is an Australian actor.
Early life
Williamson is the stepson of playwright David Williamson. From age 13–17, he trained at the Australian Theatre for Young People in Sydney, Australia, learning the foundations of acting.
Ca ...
as
Ron Castan Ron is a shortening of the name Ronald.
Ron or RON may also refer to:
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* Big Ron (''EastEnders''), a TV character
* Ron (''King of Fighters''), a video game character
*Ron Douglas, the protagonist in '' Lucky Stiff'' played by Joe ...
*
Leon Ford
Leon Ford is an Australian actor who has appeared in many television and theatre productions. He is best known for his roles in the television series ''The Cooks'', ''Changi'' and the telemovie ''Stepfather of the Bride''.
Biography
Ford portray ...
as
Henry Reynolds
*
Lasarus Ratuere
Lasarus Ratuere (born 30 June 1985) is an Australian actor. He is known for his portrayal of Ishikawa, a member of Section 9, in the DreamWorks and Paramount Pictures feature film adaptation ''Ghost in the Shell''.
Biography
Ratuere was born ...
as Malcolm Mabo
Production
The film was written by
Sue Smith Sue Smith may refer to:
* Sue Smith (politician) (born 1951), member of the Tasmanian Legislative Council
* Sue Smith (footballer) (born 1979), English footballer
* Sue Smith (trainer) (born 1948), British horse trainer
* Sue Smith (writer), Austra ...
, directed by
Rachel Perkins
Rachel Perkins (born 1970) is an Australian film and television director, producer, and screenwriter. She directed the films ''Radiance'' (1998), ''One Night the Moon'' (2001), ''Bran Nue Dae'' (2010), and ''Jasper Jones'' (2017). Perkins is an ...
and produced by
Darren Dale
Darren Dale is an Indigenous Australian film and television producer. Since joining Blackfella Films as a producer in 2001, he is co-director of the company, along with founder Rachel Perkins. Dale is known for co-producing many films and tel ...
and
Miranda Dear
Miranda may refer to:
Law
* ''Miranda v. Arizona'', an American legal case
* ''Miranda'' warning, an American police warning given to suspects about their rights, before they are interrogated
Places Australia
* Miranda, New South Wales
* Mirand ...
, all of
Blackfella Films
Blackfella Films is a Sydney-based documentary and narrative production company, founded in 1992 by Rachel Perkins. The company produces distinctive Australian short and feature-length content for film and television with a particular focus on ...
, with the assistance of the
ABC
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and
SBS. It was filmed at
Mer Island
Mer Island is an island locality in the Torres Strait Island Region, Queensland, Australia. The locality consists of a single island, Murray Island. In the , Mer Island had a population of 450. The town of Murray Island is on the island's north ...
in the
Torres Strait
The Torres Strait (), also known as Zenadh Kes, is a strait between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea. It is wide at its narrowest extent. To the south is Cape York Peninsula, the northernmost extremity of the Australian mai ...
,
Magnetic Island
Magnetic Island ( Wulguru: Yunbenun) is an island offshore from the city of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. This mountainous island in Cleveland Bay has effectively become a suburb of Townsville, with 2,335 permanent residents. The island ...
,
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
and
Canberra
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is the capital city of Australia. Founded following the federation of the colonies of Australia as the seat of government for the new nation, it is Australia's largest inland city and the eighth-largest city overall. The ci ...
.
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Release
It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival
The Sydney Film Festival is an annual competitive film festival held in Sydney, Australia, usually over 12 days in June. A number of awards are given, the top one being the Sydney Film Prize.
the festival's director is Nashen Moodley.
Histo ...
2012.[Dalton, Ki]
Speech: Mabo Premiere, Sydney Film Festival 2012
7 June 2012, at ABC
ABC are the first three letters of the Latin script known as the alphabet.
ABC or abc may also refer to:
Arts, entertainment, and media Broadcasting
* American Broadcasting Company, a commercial U.S. TV broadcaster
** Disney–ABC Television ...
TV Blog[Dale, D., Perkins, R]
Mabo
at Sydney Film Festival 2012
References
External links
From the pitch to the screen: Mabo
at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) is the national broadcaster of Australia. It is principally funded by direct grants from the Australian Government and is administered by a government-appointed board. The ABC is a publicly-own ...
, 26 June 2012
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