Regina Lepping
1) Blackbird
Publisher
Ronin Films
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This short drama sheds light on a little known part of history - Australia’s sugar slaves. Set in the late 1800s, it follows the story of Solomon Islander siblings, Kiko and Rosa, who were kidnapped from their Pacific island home and forced to work on a sugar cane plantation in Queensland in conditions akin to slavery. Shot entirely on location and in collaboration with communities in Mackay, Queensland - where these historical events took place...