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"Award winning documentary about the private and public stories of a man so passionate about family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. His victory has ensured his place, on Murray Island and in Australian history. The film documented the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his struggles to get his rights to his traditional land on Murray Island in the Torres Strait recognised. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., as well as influential friends such as Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds."
"Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in the Torres Strait, but lived most of his life in exile. Only after his death did the island wholeheartedly welcome him home. By then he had changed the legal and political landscape of Australia. This film tells the story of a man so passionate that he fought an entire nation and its legal system, giving his name and much of his life to a legal judgment that continues to reverberate throughout Australia."@en
"Indiqué sur la jaquette : On June 3rd 1992, six months after Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo's tragic death, the High Court upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held native title to land in the Torres Strait. The legal fiction that Australia was empty when first occupied by white people had been laid to rest The film tells the private and public stories of a man so passionate about family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. Though his greatest victory was won only after his death, it has forever ensured his place, on Murray Island and in Australian history."
"Summary: Relates the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his struggles to get his rights to his traditional land on Murray Island in the Torres Strait recognized. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., as well as influential friends such as Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds."@en
"Mabo : Life of an Island Man is the story of a small island and an extraordinary man. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in the Torres Strait, but lived most of his life in exile. Only after his death did the island wholeheartedly welcome him home. By then the island and Eddie, between them, had changed the legal and political landscape of Australia. On June 3rd 1992, six months after Eddie Mabo's tragic death, the High Court of Australia upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held "native title" to three islands on the eastern fringe of the Torres Strait. Aboriginal and Islander communities across Australia greeted the Mabo judgement with jubilation. The legal fiction that Australia was an empty land when first occupied by white people had been laid to rest - by the highest court in the land. After more than 200 years of struggle, European law was at last coming to grips with pre-existing indigenous law. But the world knows little of Eddie Mabo, the man who gave his name - and much of his life - to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate throughout Australia. Filmmaker Trevor Graham counted Eddie as a friend during the last few years of Mabo's life. Land Bilong Islanders, his 1989 documentary, would become the only film record of the Mabo proceedings. Now he has made a new film, a feature documentary about the little-known life of Eddie Mabo. It tells the private and public stories of an island man so passionate about family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. Though he died before his greatest victory was won, it has forever ensured his place - on Murray Island and in Australian history. Mabo : Life of an Island Man is a film about Eddie Koiki Mabo, the public and the private man. A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. © 2011 National Film and Sound Archive of Australia. Executive Producer: Sharon Connolly Producer: Denise Haslem, Trevor Graham (Co-producer) Director: Trevor Graham Writer: Trevor Graham DOP/Cinematographer: John Whitteron Narrator/Presenter: Trevor Graham Featured People: Eddie Koiki Mabo, Bonita Mabo, Eddie Mabo Jnr, Gail Mabo, Mario Mabo, Celuia Mabo, Malita West, Danny West, Bryan Keon-Cohen, Noel Loos, Henry Reynolds, Margaret Reynolds, Donald Whaleboat, Father Dave Passi, Jack Wailu, James Rice, Paul Smith, Eric Willmot, Justice Martin Moynihan, Marwar Dipoma, Kaba Noah, Lois O'Donoghue, Cath Carter, George Carter."@en
"The story of the public and private life of Eddie Koiki Mabo, telling how Mabo pursued the case to have his ownership of property on Murray Island legally recognised, and how that claim grew into a case that changed Indigenous rights in Australia. In June 1992, five months after Eddie Mabo died, aged 55, the High Court of Australia upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held 'Native Title' to three islands on the eastern fringe of the Torres Strait. This ended the theory of 'terra nullius', or land belonging to no-one at the time of white settlement."@en
"Traces the story of an extraordinary man (Edward Koki Mabo), one whose struggle for land rights, and his remarkable life in general, had a profound effect on indigeneous rights in Australia [Source: WorldCat]."
"Biographie de l'aborigène Eddie Koiki Mabo, né sur la petite île Murray dans le détroit de Torres, mais qui vécut toute sa vie en exil sur le continent australien, et sa lutte pour la reconnaissance des droits territoriaux des aborigènes. Le 3 juin 1992, cinq mois après sa mort, la cour supérieure d'Australie reconnaissait aux insulaires de Murray, par le "jugement Mabo", des droits aborigènes territoriaux sur trois îles de la côte orientale du détroit. Ce jugement mettait fin à la fiction légale voulant que le continent était inhabité avant la venue des colonisateurs européens et reconnaissait clairement des droits territoriaux aux premiers occupants du continent."
"Filmmaker Trevor Graham documented the only film record of the Mabo proceedings in 1989 in his film 'Land Bilong islanders' and in the process established a friendship with Eddie Koiki Mabo. This film documents the extraordinary life of a man so passionate about his family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., and friends are featured in this award winning documentary which celebrates the life of a man who felt such passion for his land and heritage that he took on a nation's legal system and won an historic victory for himself and his people. Sadly, he died five months before the High Court upheld his claim for "Native Title"."
"Traces the story of an extraordinary man(Edward Koki Mabo), one whose struggle for land rights, and his remarkable life in general, had a profound effect on indigeneous rights in Australia."@en
"Relates the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his struggles to get his rights to his traditional land on Murray Island in the Torres Strait recognized. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., as well as influential friends such as Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds provide their memories of Eddie Mabo and insights into the forces that drove him to seek achieve justice from Australian governments."
""Mabo - Life of an Island Man is the story of a small island and an extraordinary man. Eddie Koiki Mabo was born on Murray Island in the Torres Strait, but lived most of his life in exile. Only after his death did the island wholeheartedly welcome him home. By then the island and Eddie, between them, had changed the legal and political landscape of Australia. On June 3rd 1992, six months after Eddie Mabo's tragic death, the High Court of Australia upheld his claim that Murray Islanders held "native title" to three islands on the eastern fringe of the Torres Strait. Aboriginal and Islander communities across Australia greeted the Mabo judgement with jubilation. The legal fiction that Australia was an empty land when first occupied by white people had been laid to rest - by the highest court in the land. After more than 200 years of struggle, European law was at last coming to grips with pre-existing indigenous law. But the world knows little of Eddie Mabo, the man who gave his name - and much of his life - to a legal judgement that continues to reverberate throughout Australia. Filmmaker Trevor Graham counted Eddie as a friend during the last few years of Mabo's life. Land Bilong Islanders, his 1989 documentary, would become the only film record of the Mabo proceedings. Now he has made a new film, a feature documentary about the little-known life of Eddie Mabo. It tells the private and public stories of an island man so passionate about family and home that he fought an entire nation and its legal system. Though he died before his greatest victory was won, it has forever ensured his place - on Murray Island and in Australian history. Mabo-Life of an Island Man is a film about Eddie Koiki Mabo, the public and the private man." --Kanopy website."
"Relates the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his struggles to get his rights to his traditional land on Murray Island in the Torres Strait recognized. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., as well as influential friends such as Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds."@en
"Relates the life of Eddie Koiki Mabo and his struggles to get his rights to his traditional land on Murray Island in the Torres Strait recognized. His family, including his wife Bonita and son Eddie Jr., as well as influential friends such as Noel Loos and Henry Reynolds."

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