Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo
2012
Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo
2012
- NFSA IDBEE8CJB6
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormStill Image
- GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2012
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This is a production still from the television docudrama Mabo (2012), directed by Rachel Perkins and starring Jimi Bani as Eddie Mabo and Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo.
The TV movie chronicles the life of Torres Strait Islander man Eddie Mabo who was the driving force behind the High Court overturning the legal fiction of terra nullius ('nobody's land') applying to Australia.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This is a production still from the television docudrama Mabo (2012), directed by Rachel Perkins and starring Jimi Bani as Eddie Mabo and Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo.
The TV movie chronicles the life of Torres Strait Islander man Eddie Mabo who was the driving force behind the High Court overturning the legal fiction of terra nullius ('nobody's land') applying to Australia.
- NFSA IDBEE8CJB6
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormStill Image
- GenresIndigenous-produced, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2012
- PhotographerMatt Nettheim
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