Alessandro Cavadini

  • Borroloola Aboriginal Community with Carolyn Strachan and Alessandro Cavadini – Two Laws (1982)

    1981-1990Alessandro CavadiniAustraliaCarolyn StrachanDocumentary

    “White people don’t understand that there are two laws and two different kinds of custom in Australia… White people have different laws from Aboriginal people.”

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    The Borroloola Aboriginal Community is made up of four language groups from the gulf region of the Northern Territory. The people live within a tribal structure and all decisions concerning this film were made within this structure.
    The opening words of the film are spoken by Leo Finlay, a prominent member of the Borroloola community:
    “I suppose you know these two, Alexander and Caroline. Last year was in Sydney and asked them to come down to make film in Borroloola for our own people. They’re here in Borroloola now and we’re glad that they came to make this film. They been apply to the government to get some money to make this film which was real good. So its our film and we’re going to make really good film out of it.”Read More »

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