Silenced (The) [Réduits au silence]

  • Silenced (The) [Réduits au silence]
Genre : Drama
Type : Fiction
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Principal country concerned : Column : Cinema/tv
Year of production : 2020
Format : Short
Running time : 6 (in minutes)

At least 185 Aboriginal children in Lutruwita/Van Diemen's Land/Tasmania lived with colonists before the 1850s. The Silenced is an introduction to the task of finding these children with only slim records. The challenge of reinstating them back in the country where they lived amongst the colonists responsible, isolated from their dead and exiled kin, the exercise clearly reveals the genocidal intent of Empire.

Director : Julie Gough
Producer : Julie Gough
Screenplay : Julie Gough
Cinematography : Julie Gough

*Film selected for the Durban international Film Festival 2023

Partners

  • Arterial network
  • Media, Sports and Entertainment Group (MSE)
  • Gens de la Caraïbe
  • Groupe 30 Afrique
  • Alliance Française VANUATU
  • PACIFIC ARTS ALLIANCE
  • FURTHER ARTS
  • Zimbabwe : Culture Fund Of Zimbabwe Trust
  • RDC : Groupe TACCEMS
  • Rwanda : Positive Production
  • Togo : Kadam Kadam
  • Niger : ONG Culture Art Humanité
  • Collectif 2004 Images
  • Africultures Burkina-Faso
  • Bénincultures / Editions Plurielles
  • Africiné
  • Afrilivres

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