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Every year, around 3000 Indigenous students receive scholarships to attend some of Australia's most prestigious boarding schools. It is an immense opportunity, setting many of the youngsters on a path to a bright future, but it also means they must leave their families and communities. From inside the boarding house, on the sports field and in the classroom OFF COUNTRY follows the 2020 school year as the boarding school is thrown into chaos as the pandemic hits. Students wrestle with their identities as they move between boarding life and home life, and offer complex portraits of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today.

2021 · 1h 36m

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Every year, around 3000 Indigenous students receive scholarships to attend some of Australia's most prestigious boarding schools. It is an immense opportunity, setting many of the youngsters on a path to a bright future, but it also means they must leave their families and communities. From inside the boarding house, on the sports field and in the classroom OFF COUNTRY follows the 2020 school year as the boarding school is thrown into chaos as the pandemic hits. Students wrestle with their identities as they move between boarding life and home life, and offer complex portraits of what it is to be an Indigenous child in Australia today.

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Studio
Brown Cab Productions
Released
2021
Run Time
1 hr 36 min
Rated
PG Mild themes and infrequent coarse language
Region of Origin
Australia
© 2021 Brown Cab Productions, Letterbox Films, GoodThing Productions, Filmfest Limited

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Original Audio
English (Australia)
Audio

English (Australia) (⁨Dolby 5.1⁩, AAC)

Subtitles

English (Australia) (CC)

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Closed captions refer to subtitles in available languages with the addition of relevant non-dialogue information.