Close to the Bone (1-Year Rental)

PLEASE NOTE: If paying via purchase order, your 365-day rental period will begin when we approve your order. (Approvals are usually processed regularly during trading hours, but please allow up to two business days.) If paying up-front via credit card or PayPal, you will have access to stream the file in a matter of minutes, and your 365-day rental period will begin straight away. You will receive an email (separate to your tax invoice) with a link to watch this video once your payment is received (or when we approve your purchase order). In September 1852, in South Australia’s Flinders Ranges, the body of sixteen-year-old shepherd James Brown was found, mutilated and castrated. The next day, a reprisal party of seventeen men pursued a flock of stolen sheep and killed a disputed number of First Nations people. Almost 170 years later, descendants of James Brown’s family return to the Flinders Ranges to reach out to people from some of the Aboriginal groups that share memories from this traumatic early period of European invasion.  is a practical exercise in ‘truth and reconciliation’, engaging with culturally and politically challenging material in an effort to forge shared understandings. The film reveals diverse understandings of historic events while seeking to resolve a shared path forward. In doing so, the film is informed by Charlie Perkins’ immortal words: ‘We know we cannot live in the past, but the past lives in us.’Close to the Bone  28minsRunning time: includes images and voices of First Nations people that have died.Close to the Bone Please be aware that  .here. This study guide is available for download Close to the Bone has also produced a study guide for 

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