Refracting Ramingining: Still Our Country

Whereas Rolf de Heer's Charlie's Country weaves a tale of one man's hardships and displacement from his Aboriginal community, Molly Reynolds' complementary documentary exposes the real-life troubles faced by the Yolngu people of Ramingining. Laurence Barber unpacks these societal problems, as illuminated by this aesthetically immersive, obliquely political work.

Additional keywords: colonialism, postcolonialism, race, class, poverty, nutrition, Indigenous.