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Director
David Hansen
Country
Australia
Genre
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Year
2009
Duration
5 min

Synopsis

Blowback is a satirical look at Australia's policy on Intervention. A group of Indigenous leaders from the Northern Territory decide that the incidence of child abuse in 'white Australia' is too high so they send in a militarised task force to Kings Cross to intervene.

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Details

Release dates
2009 - Australia (Premiere at Sydney Underground Film Festival)
20 February 2010 - USA (Thin Line Film Fest, Texas)
Awards
Political Film Award - Sydney Underground Film Festival 2009
Rating
M - Mature

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Harvard citation

Korff, J 2019, Blowback, <https://www.creativespirits.info/resources/movies/blowback>, retrieved 22 April 2019

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