Stolen Generations. Genocide and the Aborigines
Description
Starting in the 1930s, thousands of children across Australia were forcibly taken from their families simply because they were Aboriginal. In this award-winning program, the tragic story is told of a state-sanctioned attempt to assimilate and, thereby, eradicate a race by segregating its full-blooded members and marrying its "half-castes" into the white population for "biological absorption." Fueled by eugenics theories, the Australian government transported "half-caste" children to far-flung missions for eventual adoption, leaving those behind to die out. Personal accounts, along with newsreel footage, provide a history of one of the 20th century's most shameful legacies.
Runtime
53 min
Subjects
Geography
Genre
Date of Publication
[2012], c2000
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