Babakiueria: Extended Response
Babakiueria – Extended Response
How does the film Babakiueria challenge white Australian’s attitude towards Aboriginal culture and their displacement by Europeans?
There is a fine line when it comes to racial discrimination, and often the line is crossed in an effort to educate our generation about another culture. Babakiueria is a “mockumentary” (portmanteau of mock and documentary) showing “
The film does an excellent job of challenging the views of white Australians by creating empathy from the audience. The empathy is made easier for the viewer, because of the reversed roles. If the viewer can physically see how it would impact them, should they have been in that situation, they begin to understand what the impacts were on the Indigenous Australians. When the presenter was interviewing the white family, it was plain to see that the family was deeply distressed by all that was happening, but they put on a brave face. It makes you realise that perhaps the Aborigines didn’t benefit as much as we had originally thought from the European way of life. This brings me to the satire of the piece.
The satire and hilarity of the piece highlights the ridiculousness of the situation. By making the film less serious, the audience is interested and engaged and are more likely to consider what has actually been pointed out. In addition, because of the humour in the piece, sad moments are being highlighted more in contrast to the remainder of the film. One of the most memorable moments is the “stolen generation” imitation. In amongst all the comedy, this moment really made me consider how it would feel to be taken away from everything and everyone that was familiar to me. The ridiculousness of the piece is what makes us question how we come across to our Indigenous counterparts, which leads me to how we teach people about the Aboriginal culture.
Babakiueria is a “mockumentary”, which shows us how documentaries appear to the Aborigines when they are produced by European
How does the film Babakiueria challenge white Australian’s attitude towards Aboriginal culture and their displacement by Europeans?
There is a fine line when it comes to racial discrimination, and often the line is crossed in an effort to educate our generation about another culture. Babakiueria is a “mockumentary” (portmanteau of mock and documentary) showing “
The film does an excellent job of challenging the views of white Australians by creating empathy from the audience. The empathy is made easier for the viewer, because of the reversed roles. If the viewer can physically see how it would impact them, should they have been in that situation, they begin to understand what the impacts were on the Indigenous Australians. When the presenter was interviewing the white family, it was plain to see that the family was deeply distressed by all that was happening, but they put on a brave face. It makes you realise that perhaps the Aborigines didn’t benefit as much as we had originally thought from the European way of life. This brings me to the satire of the piece.
The satire and hilarity of the piece highlights the ridiculousness of the situation. By making the film less serious, the audience is interested and engaged and are more likely to consider what has actually been pointed out. In addition, because of the humour in the piece, sad moments are being highlighted more in contrast to the remainder of the film. One of the most memorable moments is the “stolen generation” imitation. In amongst all the comedy, this moment really made me consider how it would feel to be taken away from everything and everyone that was familiar to me. The ridiculousness of the piece is what makes us question how we come across to our Indigenous counterparts, which leads me to how we teach people about the Aboriginal culture.
Babakiueria is a “mockumentary”, which shows us how documentaries appear to the Aborigines when they are produced by European