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Mabo is a 2012 Australian film focusing on Eddie Mabo's fight for the recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights. It premiered on Creator/TheABC on the 10th of June, 2012. Notable for being the first well funded and widely broadcast film to deal with Aboriginal Land Rights, without it being an allegory told through white, lower-class larrikins.

The director also made Theatre/BranNueDae, which too deals with Aboriginal rights but through song.

! ''' Mabo contains examples of'''

* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent - Broad and Aboriginal accents are featured.

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Mabo ''Mabo'' is a 2012 Australian film focusing on Eddie Mabo's fight for the recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights. It premiered on Creator/TheABC on the 10th of June, 2012. Notable for being the first well funded and widely broadcast film to deal with Aboriginal Land Rights, without it being an allegory told through white, lower-class larrikins.

The director also made Theatre/BranNueDae, ''Theatre/BranNueDae'', which too deals with Aboriginal rights but through song.

! ''' Mabo !!''Mabo'' contains examples of'''

* UsefulNotes/AustralianAccent - Broad and Aboriginal accents are featured.
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* ArchiveFootage - news reports, interviews and protests interspersed with the actors.



* SceneryPorn - The Torres Strait Islands, within universe to Eddie, but oddly averted considering the director's previous work, Bran Nue Dae.

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* SceneryPorn - The Torres Strait Islands, within universe to Eddie, but oddly averted considering the director's previous work, Bran ''Bran Nue Dae.Dae''.
* StockFootage - Footage of real news reports, interviews and protests is interspersed with the actors.
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* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - a lot of the score, especially the traditional indigenous chants.



* SceneryPorn - The Torres Strait Islands, within universe to Eddie, but oddly averted considering the director's previous work, Bran Nue Dae.
* TearJerker - he can't go back to the islands when his dad gets sick and dies.
** Eddie waiting for a beer in a segregated pub, or when they can't find a hotel room (implied to be because they're black) they have to sleep at the train station, with their toddler son.

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* SceneryPorn - The Torres Strait Islands, within universe to Eddie, but oddly averted considering the director's previous work, Bran Nue Dae.
* TearJerker - he can't go back to the islands when his dad gets sick and dies.
** Eddie waiting for a beer in a segregated pub, or when they can't find a hotel room (implied to be because they're black) they have to sleep at the train station, with their toddler son.
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Miranda Otto pops up as an English judge, and Deborah Mailman, who plays Eddie's wife, has been in what feels like half of Australia's media output including ''Series/TheStraits'', ''Theatre/BranNueDae'', ''Series/PlaySchool'' and ''Series/TheSecretLifeOfUs''.
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Mabo is a 2012 Australian film focusing on Eddie Mabo's fight for the recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights. It premiered on Creator/TheABC on the 10th of June, 2012. Notable for being the first well funded and widely broadcast film to deal with Aboriginal Land Rights, without it being an allegory told through [[TheCastle white, lower-class larrikins.]]

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Mabo is a 2012 Australian film focusing on Eddie Mabo's fight for the recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights. It premiered on Creator/TheABC on the 10th of June, 2012. Notable for being the first well funded and widely broadcast film to deal with Aboriginal Land Rights, without it being an allegory told through [[TheCastle white, lower-class larrikins.]]
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* HeyItsThatGuy - Miranda Otto pops up as an English judge, and Deborah Mailman, who plays Eddie's wife, has been in what feels like half of Australia's media output including TheStraits, Theatre/BranNueDae, PlaySchool and TheSecretLifeOfUs.

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* HeyItsThatGuy - Miranda Otto pops up as an English judge, and Deborah Mailman, who plays Eddie's wife, has been in what feels like half of Australia's media output including TheStraits, Theatre/BranNueDae, PlaySchool ''Series/TheStraits'', ''Theatre/BranNueDae'', ''Series/PlaySchool'' and TheSecretLifeOfUs.''Series/TheSecretLifeOfUs''.
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* AustralianAccent - Broad and Aboriginal accents are featured.

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Mabo is a 2012 Australian film focusing on Eddie Mabo's fight for the recognition of Aboriginal Land Rights. It premiered on Creator/TheABC on the 10th of June, 2012. Notable for being the first well funded and widely broadcast film to deal with Aboriginal Land Rights, without it being an allegory told through [[TheCastle white, lower-class larrikins.]]

The director also made Theatre/BranNueDae, which too deals with Aboriginal rights but through song.

! ''' Mabo contains examples of'''

* AustralianAccent - Broad and Aboriginal accents are featured.
* AsYouKnow - several characters exposit on things they should both know, including the Aboriginal Protection Act.
* ArchiveFootage - news reports, interviews and protests interspersed with the actors.
* BioPic
* CrowningMusicOfAwesome - a lot of the score, especially the traditional indigenous chants.
* HeyItsThatGuy - Miranda Otto pops up as an English judge, and Deborah Mailman, who plays Eddie's wife, has been in what feels like half of Australia's media output including TheStraits, Theatre/BranNueDae, PlaySchool and TheSecretLifeOfUs.
* ForegoneConclusion - every Aussie knows the ending - [[spoiler: Eddie succeeds, dies of cancer and though it's not shown, his grave gets graffitied by racists.]]
* SceneryPorn - The Torres Strait Islands, within universe to Eddie, but oddly averted considering the director's previous work, Bran Nue Dae.
* TearJerker - he can't go back to the islands when his dad gets sick and dies.
** Eddie waiting for a beer in a segregated pub, or when they can't find a hotel room (implied to be because they're black) they have to sleep at the train station, with their toddler son.

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