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 Here I Am
(2011, 87 min.) AUSTRALIA
Director, writer: Beck Cole (Lurita/Warrumunga)
Producer: Kath Shelper
Cinematographer: Warwick Thornton (Kaytetye)
Fresh out of prison, a young indigenous Australian woman begins the difficult journey to remake her life. With nowhere to go, Karen (Shai Pittman) finds haven in a shelter for Aboriginal women like herself, and then begins the process of reconnecting with her tough mother (Marcia Langton), who has been raising her young daughter while she was in prison. As Karen struggles to reclaim her daughter, she begins to find a way to reclaim herself.
[Film includes adult audience content.]
Image credit: Audience at Club Red Radio,
2000 Native American Film and Video Festival - photograph by Amalia Córdova,
NMAI; Here I Am
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