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My Survival as an Aboriginal was the first Australian film directed by an Indigenous woman. Muruwarri filmmaker Essie Coffey documents the hardships and prejudice endured by indigenous Australians as a result of assimilation policies. In her lifetime, Coffey (affectionately known as 'Bush Queen') witnessed Indigenous Australians forced into settlements such as 'Dodge City' – the North-West New South Wales reserve featured in the documentary which is Coffey's home in the North-West New South Wales region of Brewarrina. Coffey addresses the impact on culture and wellbeing that dislocation from land has on the local community.

Ages 15+