| Description |
1 DVD-video (approximately 96 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cm |
| Summary |
Seven Indigenous students leave their communities to spend a year at one of the oldest and most elite boarding schools in the country, Geelong Grammar School. Every year, around 3000 Indigenous students receive scholarships to attend some of Australia's most prestigious boarding schools. It is an immense opportunity, setting many of the youngsters on a path to a bright future, but it also means they must leave their homes and communities. From inside the boarding house, on the sports field and in the classroom, Off Country follows the 2020 school year as the boarding school is thrown into chaos as the pandemic hits. Students wrestle with their identities as they move between boarding life and home life, and offer complex portraits of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today |
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lb4982823x |
| Notes |
Title from disc label |
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Madman: MMA6989 |
| Credits |
Directed and written by John Harvey & Rhian Skirving |
| Audience |
Rated: PG |
| Notes |
DVD video, Dolby Digital 5.1, 2.0, anamorphic widescreen 16:9, PAL, region 4 |
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Language: English. Subtitles: [CC] English Captions (descriptive subtitles for the hearing impaired) |
| Subject |
Geelong Grammar School
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Youth, Aboriginal Australian
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Youth, Aboriginal Australian -- Education
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Scholarships -- Australia
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Boarding school students -- Australia
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Boarding schools -- Victoria
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Identity (Psychology)
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Social aspects -- Australia
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COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Victoria
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| Genre/Form |
Nonfiction films.
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Documentary films.
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Feature films.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Documentary films
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Nonfiction films
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| Author |
Harvey, John, film director, screenwriter
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Skirving, Rhian, film director, screenwriter
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