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'''''Protected''''' is a 1975 [[documentary film]], narrated by Don Brady and Sydney-born producer Robert Hughes.
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'''''Protected''''' is a 1975 [[documentary film]], narrated by Don Brady and Sydney-born producer Robert Hughes. The film was directed by [[Alessandro Cavadini]]. It was an exposé of the ill-treatment of Aboriginal workers by white men. The details of what life was like for Aboriginal Australians on [[Palm Island, Queensland|Palm Island]] became more widely known when Alessandro Cavadini and Carolyn Strachan recreated the strike in 1957 by hundreds of the Island's residents even though there was huge resistance from local authorities.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.countercurrents.org/hr-zimmer020305.htm|title=Palm Island's Dark History of Aboriginal Repression By Erika Zimmer}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.reddirtfilms.com/quarterly.html|title=THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF ETHNOGRAPHIC FILM – FILM QUARTERLY, Spring 1983 – James Roy MacBean}}</ref>


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The film was directed by [[Alessandro Cavadini]] (who also made ''[[Ningla A-Na]]'', about the [[Aboriginal Tent Embassy]]<ref>{{cite web | title=Video Overview Ningla A-Na (1972) | website=[[Australian Screen]]| publisher= [[NFSA]]| url=https://aso.gov.au/titles/documentaries/ningla-a-na/notes/ |first=Liz| last= McNiven | access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref>). It was an exposé of the ill-treatment of Aboriginal workers by white men. The details of what life was like for Aboriginal Australians on [[Palm Island, Queensland|Palm Island]] became more widely known when Alessandro Cavadini and Carolyn Strachan recreated the strike in 1957 by hundreds of the Island's residents even though there was huge resistance from local authorities.<ref>{{cite web | last=Zimmer | first=Erika | title=Australia: Palm Island's Dark History Of Aboriginal Repression| website=Counter Currents | date=2 March 2005 | url=https://www.countercurrents.org/hr-zimmer020305.htm | access-date=28 September 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.reddirtfilms.com/quarterly.html| via=Red Dirt Films|title=The theory and practice of ethnographic film |journal= [[Film Quarterly]]| date= Spring 1983| first= James Roy |last=MacBean}}</ref>
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Some 22 years later in 2007, Aboriginal activist, and convicted Palm Island rioter [[Lex Wotton]] presented a screening of the film to the Film Fanatics Society at Petersham Bowling Club. He recalled watching the film as a schoolboy and seeing his father on film. He said that screening opened his eyes to the way ''"things were different on Palm"''. He also said ''"There are numerous things that people haven't documented but this [film] was one thing that brought what was happening to the indigenous people to the attention of the wider community''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/telling-tales-of-an-island-bad-times-never-left/2007/06/26/1182623909312.html|title=Telling tales of an island bad times never left by Emily Dunn | work=The Sydney Morning Herald | date=27 June 2007}}</ref>

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Some 22 years later in 2007, Aboriginal activist, and convicted Palm Island rioter [[Lex Wotton]] presented a screening of the film to the Film Fanatics Society at Petersham Bowling Club. He recalled watching the film as a schoolboy and seeing his father on film. He said that screening opened his eyes to the way ''"things were different on Palm"''. He also said ''"There are numerous things that people haven't documented but this [film] was one thing that brought what was happening to the indigenous people to the attention of the wider community''.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/telling-tales-of-an-island-bad-times-never-left/2007/06/26/1182623909312.html|title=Telling tales of an island bad times never left |first= Emily |last=Dunn | work=[[The Sydney Morning Herald]] | date=27 June 2007}}</ref>


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
* {{IMDb title|0337060|Protected}}
* {{IMDb title|0337060|Protected}}
*[https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b75d02d91 Protected]{{dead link|date=October 2023|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at [[British Film Institute]]
*{{BFI|4ce2b75d02d91|Protected}}
*[http://www.countercurrents.org/hr-zimmer020305.htm Australia: Palm Island’s Dark History of Aboriginal Repression]
*[http://www.countercurrents.org/hr-zimmer020305.htm Australia: Palm Island’s Dark History of Aboriginal Repression]
*{{Cite journal | url=http://www.reddirtfilms.com/quarterly.html | title=The Theory and Practice of Ethnographic Film | journal=Film Quarterly | date=Spring 1983 | first=James Roy | last=MacBean | access-date=19 May 2010 }}
*{{Cite journal | url=http://www.reddirtfilms.com/quarterly.html | title=The Theory and Practice of Ethnographic Film | journal=Film Quarterly | date=Spring 1983 | first=James Roy | last=MacBean | access-date=19 May 2010 }}
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Revision as of 22:20, 7 May 2024

Protected
Directed byAlessandro Cavadini
Produced byCarolyn Strachan
StarringDon Brady (narrator)
Robert Hughes (narrator)
CinematographyFabio Cavadini
Edited byRhonda Mac Gregor
Release date
  • 11 November 1975 (1975-11-11)
Running time
55 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Protected is a 1975 documentary film, narrated by Don Brady and Sydney-born producer Robert Hughes.

The film was directed by Alessandro Cavadini (who also made Ningla A-Na, about the Aboriginal Tent Embassy[1]). It was an exposé of the ill-treatment of Aboriginal workers by white men. The details of what life was like for Aboriginal Australians on Palm Island became more widely known when Alessandro Cavadini and Carolyn Strachan recreated the strike in 1957 by hundreds of the Island's residents even though there was huge resistance from local authorities.[2][3]

Some 22 years later in 2007, Aboriginal activist, and convicted Palm Island rioter Lex Wotton presented a screening of the film to the Film Fanatics Society at Petersham Bowling Club. He recalled watching the film as a schoolboy and seeing his father on film. He said that screening opened his eyes to the way "things were different on Palm". He also said "There are numerous things that people haven't documented but this [film] was one thing that brought what was happening to the indigenous people to the attention of the wider community.[4]

References

  1. ^ McNiven, Liz. "Video Overview Ningla A-Na (1972)". Australian Screen. NFSA. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  2. ^ Zimmer, Erika (2 March 2005). "Australia: Palm Island's Dark History Of Aboriginal Repression". Counter Currents. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  3. ^ MacBean, James Roy (Spring 1983). "The theory and practice of ethnographic film". Film Quarterly – via Red Dirt Films.
  4. ^ Dunn, Emily (27 June 2007). "Telling tales of an island bad times never left". The Sydney Morning Herald.


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