Babakiueria (“Barbecue Area”)
Don Featherstone | Australia 1986 | 30 min
The film Babakiueria shows how Aboriginals are represented in society through taking a sarcastic look at racial stereotypes.
It starts with a boat approaching a barbeque area and a group of Aboriginal people taking possession of this area and all “Babakiuerians”. It continues to present many Aboriginal issues with the roles swapped: White people are a minority, white kids are taken from their families or white people being moved to a void place because the black government needs their home for “something”.
“Aboriginals who have watched this film state that it was a good film as it did represent the truth about how they are politically represented, but it could have been better if it was written by an Aboriginal instead of a white person, as they would have presented the film using Aboriginal culture instead of using the whites’ controlling methods of a society.” (Uni of Minnesota Duluth)
You should see this movie
- with a background about the problems Aboriginal people have in white society;
- to see one of the rare comedies in Indigenous films;
- to study Indigenous Australian problems through a different viewpoint;
- if you want to create a school or university project.
| Cast |
Michele Torres - Presenter
Bob Maza - Minister for White Affairs
Kevin Smith - Police Superintendent |
| Release dates |
1986 - Australia |
| Video/DVD Release Date |
1995, 2006 |
| Awards |
United Nations Media Peace Prize |
| Rating |
PG - Parental guidance |
| Language level |
easy |
| Distributor |
Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Moorabbin College of TAFE |
| Soundtrack |
Chris Alderton |
| Genre |
Comedy |
| Notes |
Written by Geoffrey Atherden and J. Pringle.
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