Penny Tweedie

Penny Tweedie

1940-04-30
70 (2011-01-14)
Hawkhurst, Kent, England

Penny Tweedie was an English photojournalist who is noted for her work with the Aboriginal peoples in Arnhem Land in the late 1970s.

Hawkhurst, Kent, England

Penny Tweedie was an English photojournalist who is noted for her work with the Aboriginal peoples in Arnhem Land in the late 1970s.

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Rabbit-Proof Fence 2002 (6.97)

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.
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We of the Never Never 1982 (5.9)

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.
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Yolngu Boy 2001 (5.286)

After committing a crime for which he is likely to be jailed, a Yolngu teenager convinces two of his childhood friends to join him on a journey from North East Arnhem Land to Darwin to seek help from a tribal leader.