Mother Tongue: 'She Who Must Be (Obeyed) Loved' and Aboriginal Women's Stories

Erica Glynn's She Who Must Be Obeyed Loved is a moving, sensitive documentary helmed by a daughter seeking to chronicle her mother's achievements. With its scope encompassing not just the career of Aboriginal media pioneer Alfreda Glynn, but also the matriarch's recollections of familial hardship and history, the film emerges as a testament to the resilience of Indigenous women against ongoing colonial and patriarchal violence, writes Paola Balla.

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matriarchy, dispossession, erasure, Stolen Generations, NAIDOC, NITV, Tanith Glynn-Maloney, Warwick Thornton, Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, CAAMA, Imparja TV, Larissa Behrendt, Tracey Bunda, patriarchy, colonisation, silence.