The Last Tasmanian

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The Last Tasmanian
Directed byTom Haydon
Written byTom Haydon, Rhys Jones
Produced byTom Haydon
CinematographyGeoff Burton
Edited byCharles Rees
Music byWilliam Davies
Running time
105 minutes
Country Australia
LanguageEnglish

The Last Tasmanian is a 1978 documentary about the decline of Tasmania's Aboriginal people in the nineteenth century including through genocide by European colonists.

The film was highly controversial in Australia, in particular for criticism by contemporary Aboriginal Tasmanians that the film suggested Tasmanian Aboriginal culture had been eradicated. [1] [2] [3]

The Last Tasmanian screened widely internationally to acclaim, including receiving a nomination for the Gold Hugo at the Chicago International Film Festival, and was sold to television in twenty-two countries. [4]

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References

  1. "Documentary in Controversy: The Last Tasmanian". wwwmcc.murdoch.edu.au. Retrieved 21 January 2017.
  2. "REVIEWS: The last Tasmanian". Filmnews . Vol. 8, no. 10. New South Wales, Australia. 1 October 1978. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  3. "The Last Tasmanian". Filmnews . Vol. 9, no. 1. New South Wales, Australia. 1 January 1979. p. 11. Retrieved 22 January 2017 via National Library of Australia.
  4. Brennan, Richard. "Haydon, Thomas William (Tom) (1938–1991)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University.