The Fringe Dwellers

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The Fringe Dwellers is an Australian drama film directed by Bruce Beresford that portrays the struggles and aspirations of an Aboriginal family living on the margins of white Australian society.

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The Fringe Dwellers canonical 3
The Fringe Dwellers (novel) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
authorOfSourceWork Nene Gare
basedOn The Fringe Dwellers (novel)
linked to: The Fringe Dwellers
castMember Bob Maza
Denise Hampson
Ernie Dingo
Justine Saunders
Kristina Nehm
cinematographyBy Donald McAlpine
countryOfFilmingLocation Australia
countryOfOrigin Australia
director Bruce Beresford
directorKnownFor Breaker Morant
Driving Miss Daisy
Tender Mercies
directorNationality Australian
distributor Hoyts
editedBy William Anderson
filmFormat feature film
genre drama film
hasTheme aspiration for better life
conflict between tradition and modernity
systemic discrimination
language English
mainSubject Aboriginal Australian family
coming of age
racism in Australia
social marginalisation
musicBy George Dreyfus
narrativeLocation Western Australia
notableFor depicting urban Aboriginal experience
one of the first Australian features centered on an Aboriginal family
originalWorkMedium novel
partOf Australian New Wave cinema
portrays Aboriginal Australians
life on the margins of white Australian society
producer Sue Milliken
releaseYear 1986
runningTimeMinutes 98
screenwriter Bruce Beresford
setInPeriod 20th century
sourceWorkPublicationCountry Australia

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Bruce Beresford notableWork The Fringe Dwellers
Bruce Beresford directed The Fringe Dwellers
The Fringe Dwellers basedOn The Fringe Dwellers (novel)
linked to: The Fringe Dwellers
Kerry Heysen notableWork The Fringe Dwellers