Mabo Screening - Reconciliation Week Screening

To recognise the 25th anniversary of the MABO decision the Don Dunstan Foundation present the screening of MABO

Please join us for light refreshments with special guest speakers followed by the screening of ‘Mabo’. Entry is by a gold coin donation on entry but please book your place to avoid disappointment.

Starring Jimi Bani as Eddie Koiki Mabo and Deborah Mailman as his wife, Bonita Mabo, the film portrays the successful legal battle waged by Eddie Koiki Mabo to bring about native land title legislation.

In 1973 Eddie 'Koiki' Mabo was shocked to discover that the ownership of the land his ancestors had passed down on Murray Island in The Torres Strait Islands for over 16 generations, was not legally recognised as theirs.

Rather than accept this injustice, he began an epic fight for Australian law to recognise traditional land rights. Eddie never lived to see his land returned to him, but the name Mabo is known in every household throughout the country.

In January 1992, at only 55, Eddie died of cancer. Five months later the High Court overturned the notion of terra nullius. Underscoring this epic battle is Eddie's relationship with his wife Bonita. MABO is as much a love story as a document of one man's fight to retain what he believed was legally his.

The screening will be held at Braggs Theatre, North Terrace, The University of Adelaide. See the North Terrace Campus Map here.

You may also be interested in other events the Don Dunstan Foundation is hosting during National Reconciliation Week including:

• Saturday 3 June, 6:30pm - screening of 'Vote Yes for Aboriginies' at Capri Theatre, 141 Goodwood Road, Goodwood. Click here for more information and to book

• Tuesday 30 May, 7pm - 2017 Lowitja O'Donoghue Oration - On Aboriginal Land: Seeking unity at the table. Celebrating 50 years since the 1967 Referendum. Presented by Fr. Frank Brennan SJ AO. Bonython Hall, North Terrace. Click here for more information and to book.

Presented by the Don Dunstan Foundation, in collaboration with Reconciliation SA, Finders University, The University of Adelaide, BHP Billiton and the South Australian Government Aboriginal Affairs and Reconciliation Division.