Harry's War (1999)

Directed by

Richard Frankland

Genre

war film

Country

Australia

Rating

9.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An Australian Aboriginal man joins the army to fight in World War Two. He hopes his service will help his people gain citizenship.

poignantsombergroundedbittersweethistoricalintrospectivereflectivepersonal

What happens

Harry's War is an Australian short film. It is written and directed by Richard Frankland produced by John Foss and Richard Franklin and stars David Ngoombujarra. It was broadcast nationally on SBS and ABC TV. Harry's War is based on Frankland's Uncle, Harry Saunders (brother of Reg Saunders), who fought for Australia in the South Pacific in World War Two, and was killed in 1942. Saunders fought for his country in the hope that his actions would help Aboriginal people gain citizenship. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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