Mabo (film)
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| Directed by | Rachel Perkins |
| Written by | Sue Smith |
| Starring | Jimi Bani Deborah Mailman |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
Mabo is an Australian docudrama TV film, released in 2012, which relates the successful legal battle waged by Torres Strait Islander man Eddie Koiki Mabo to bring about native land title legislation. The title role is played by Jimi Bani and that of his wife, Bonita Mabo, by Deborah Mailman.[1] The film was written by Sue Smith and directed by Rachel Perkins. It was produced by the ABC and Blackfella Films with the assistance of SBS and filmed at Mer Island (Torres Strait), Magnetic Island, Brisbane and Canberra. It premiered at the Sydney Film Festival 2012.[2][3]
Cast
- Jimi Bani as Eddie Mabo
- Gedor Zaro as Young Eddie
- Deborah Mailman as Bonita Mabo (née Neehow)
- Ewen Leslie as Bryan Keon-Cohen
- Tom Budge as Greg McIntyre
- Felix Williamson as Ron Castan
- Leon Ford as Henry Reynolds
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- Mabo: the movie at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation
- Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 28: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value). Mabo at IMDb
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