State of shock : a native people loses its identity /
Alwyn Peters, a 22 year old Aborigine living on the reservation, stabbed his girlfriend to death in a drunken rage. In the past such incidents were dismissed as "just another Black death", but this murder, by some historical quirk, raised national conciousness. It was seen as the symbol o...
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| Format: | Video VHS |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Filmakers Library,
[1989?]
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| Summary: | Alwyn Peters, a 22 year old Aborigine living on the reservation, stabbed his girlfriend to death in a drunken rage. In the past such incidents were dismissed as "just another Black death", but this murder, by some historical quirk, raised national conciousness. It was seen as the symbol of a people annihilating itself out of despair. |
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| Item Description: | Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videocassette (55 min.) : sound, color ; 1/2 in. |
| Format: | VHS. |
| Audience: | Anthropology. Sociology |
| Production Credits: | Cinematography, Philip Bull ; editor, Stewart Young ; music, Francis Peters. |