The discovery of aboriginal statues in the archives of the Australian Museum causes a search to claim dignity.
A trio of no names buried in the archives of the Australian Museum triggers the search for a great -grandchildren to honor their ancestors and claim their life stories. In 1925, the Australian census declared Aboriginal a “dying race.”
The Australian museum commissioned three statues of aboriginal people: a child, a man and a woman, exhibited as nameless objects to be studies. The woman was Nellie Bunjil, Irene Ridgeway’s great grandmother. Irene embarks on a trip to return to Nanny Nellie’s life and show the statues again, this time with her name, identity and dignity.
His name is Nanny Nellie is a Daniel King documentary.