Australian historical documentary offering the rare privilege of bearing witness to a family reclaiming their history.
In 1925, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues of ‘full blood’ Aboriginal people: a child, a man and a woman, exhibited as nameless objects to be studied as examples of a ‘dying race.’ The woman was Nellie Walker, Irene Walker’s great grandmother and director Daniel King’s great, great grandmother. Now Irene is on a journey to retrace Nellie’s life and to reconnect the other families to their ancestors’ statues and re-display them, this time with their names, identities and dignity. 

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Daniel King

Irene Ridgeway

Australian historical documentary offering the rare privilege of bearing witness to a family reclaiming their history.

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Her Name is Nanny Nellie