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When Aboriginal people appeared in a 1950 film they were asked to invent dialogue. Now a spotlight is shining on the tale they told

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When Aboriginal people appeared in a 1950 film they were asked to invent dialogue. Now a spotlight is shining on the tale they told
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Bitter Springs was one of the first mainstream stories to challenge the right of settlers to take Indigenous land. A translation project has revealed the ‘creativity and genius’ of its Anangu extras• Warning: This story contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have diedThe first time Vonda Last watched Bitter Springs, she recognised her grandfather. The black-and-white Australian classic drew headlines at the time for being the first English film made in South Australia, s

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