Manganinnie

Manganinnie
Promotional movie poster for the film
Directed by	John Honey
Produced by	Gilda Baracchi
Written by	Ken Kelso Beth Roberts (novel)
Starring	Mawuyul Yanthalawuy Anna Ralph
Music by	Peter Sculthorpe
Cinematography	Gary Hansen
Editing by	Mike Woolveridge
Distributed by	GUO
Release date(s)	15 August 1980 (1980-08-15)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	Australia
Language	Palawa kani English
Budget	A$481,000[1]

Manganinnie is an AFI Award-winning 1980 film which follows the journey of Manganinnie, a Tasmanian Aboriginal woman who searches for her tribe with the company of a young, lost white girl named Joanna. Based on Beth Roberts' novel of the same name, it was directed by John Honey and was the first feature film to be financed by the short-lived Tasmanian Film Corporation.

Synopsis

During the Black War of 1830 in Van Diemen's Land, Manganinnie journeys across vast mountains and rivers towards the coast in search of her vanished tribe. She finds Joanna, a lost white girl, along her way. The pair develop a bond for each other even without a common language. Ultimately however, Manganinnie comes to realise that her people and tribal way of life has been destroyed by the British colonists.

Locations

• West Coast Range (Tasmania), Australia

Awards

• Won AFI Award, Peter Sculthorpe - Best Original Music Score (1980)^[2]
• Won AWGIE Awards - Best Screenplay (1980)
• Winner 12th Moscow International Children's Film Festival - Best Production Design (1980)
• Winner Festival International de France (1980)

See also

• Cinema of Australia

References

1. ^ Connolly, Keith (1994). Oxford Australian Film 1978 - 1994. Oxford University Press. Page 62
2. ^ afi.org.au - AFI AWARD WINNERS: FEATURE CATEGORIES 1958-2010

External links

• Manganinnie - Archives Office of Tasmania
• Manganinnie at the Internet Movie Database