27 August 2007 | Sala de proiectii a Studioului de film ASTRA |

Mabo, viata unui insular

...de Astra Film Fest

In fiecare zi, Cinemateca ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 deschide cate o fereastra spre lume si spre oameni. Cele mai interesante filme documentare din ultimele doua decenii; filme de non-fictiune care au castigat premii la festivaluri internationale celebre; filme selectionate si premiate la ASTRA FILM

-festivalul de la Sibiu care a cucerit aprecierea si admiratia iubitorilor de film de calitate din toata lumea -pot fi vizionate pe tot parcursul anului Capitalei Culturale Europene la ASTRA FILM.

Each day the ASTRA FILM SIBIU 2007 Cinematheque opens a window towards the realities of the world and the every-day life of the people. The best documentary films of the past two decades, non-fiction films praised at famous festivals, award-winning documentaries of the previous ASTRA FILM Festivals are screened on each day of the Cultural Capital of Europe at ASTRA FILM.

In iunie 1992, la sase luni dupa sfarsitul tragic al lui Eddie „Koiki“ Mabo, Curtea Suprema i-a dat castig de cauza in procesul privind dreptul de proprietate al bastinasilor din Stramtoarea Torres. Sentinta a insemnat sfarsitul legendei oficiale, potrivit careia primii albi sositi in Australia au gasit un continent pustiu. Filmul infatiseaza viata publica si personala a lui Eddie Mabo, un om care, din dragoste pentru familie si pentru pamantul natal, a fost in stare sa infrunte o natiune si un sistem juridic. Cu toate ca cea mai mare victorie a obtinut-o doar dupa moarte, locul lui este asigurat pentru totdeauna in istoria Insulei Murraz si a Australiei.

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.

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