Babakiueria

[Mujer Libre]

Has anyone seen it? If you haven't, go find it now. Ok, this may be a little hard if you don't live in Australia, but it's a really awesome film. I watched it for the first time a few days ago and had a laugh, followed by a think.

Basically it's a film that takes place in this alternate reality where Indigenous people are colonising/have colonised a white Australia. It flips all the stereotypes that have been imposed on Indigenous people onto white characters- which I found really incredibly effective. It kind of says "how would you feel if this was done to white people, and why is it acceptable to do to Black people?"

At the same time as being really funny, it's unsettling and confrontational.

My favourite bits included:

A cop saying that white people would be better off if they dressed neatly and smiled once in a while.

All the anthropological generalisations and othering: "They have a rich culture." "They have close family bonds," etc.

Awesome film.

[Black Dagger]

This film is hell funny, here's some shit i stole from a website talkin' about the film,

http://www.maoritelevision.com/newsletter/issue41/babakiueria.jpg


In 1998, Australia celebrated the 200 th Anniversary of white European settlement in Australia. In response was born the light-hearted and caustically funny mockumentary, BABAKIUERIA, that poses the question, what would life in Australia have been like if Australia had been colonised by black settlers?

Written with dripping sarcasm by Geoffrey Atherden, both black and white stereotypes are explored in the parody to draw attention not only to each ethnicity’s view of each other, but also their attitudes towards themselves.

Featuring hilarious characters including the fictional Minister for White Affairs and a particularly unsympathetic Police superintendent, BABAKIUERIA is a mock study of the behaviours of a white ‘Babakiuerian’ native family, as seen through the eyes of the narrator who undertakes six months’ existence in a ‘white ghetto’.

Her experience is unapologetically documented, including bearing witness to the routine extraction of the family’s children by black authorities, the dismantling of a white war veterans’ memorial march, opposition from white faction groups to dismantle the motorway and replant with gardens and even examination of the natives’ preferred house of worship – otherwise referred to as the TAB!

Featuring pseudo interviews, news reports, archival footage and a thought-provoking outcome, BABAKIEURIA is not to be missed