The Fringe Dwellers (1986)

Directed by

Bruce Beresford

Genre

drama film

Country

Australia

Runtime

1h 38m

Rated

PG

Rating

6.4 of 10 from 8 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A young Aboriginal girl dreams of leaving her family's camp on the outskirts of a white Australian town. The film follows her struggle to find a better life while facing the prejudices of the society around her.

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What happens

The Fringe Dwellers is a 1986 film directed by Bruce Beresford, based on the 1961 novel The Fringe Dwellers by Western Australian author Nene Gare. The film is about a young Aboriginal girl who dreams of life beyond the family camp that sits on the fringe of white society (the term fringe dwellers having specific application in Australia). The film is acclaimed as being the first Australian film featuring Indigenous actors in all the major roles. It achieved critical and international success when it was released in 1986, but gained only a lukewarm reception in Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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