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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
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, starring the likes of Tommy Trinder, Chips Rafferty and Charles “Bud” Tingwell. But for the people of
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