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
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| Release dates | 1986 - Australia | ||
| Video/DVD Release Date | 1995, 2006 | ||
| Awards | United Nations Media Peace Prize | ||
| Rating | PG - Mild themes | ||
| Language level | easy (optional English subtitles) | ||
| Distributor | Australian Broadcasting Corporation & Moorabbin College of TAFE | ||
| Soundtrack | Chris Alderton | ||
| Genre | Comedy | ||
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| Find this movie | Indigenous film suppliers and distributors |
Thanks to Karen Jennings and Philip McKeon who pointed me to this movie.
Where to from here?
- Learn more about Aboriginal history
- Check out the Aboriginal history timeline
- Aboriginal art