From Jimmie Blacksmith to The Sapphires

By Karl Quinn
Updated February 4 2013 - 8:08pm, first published 7:57pm
Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens and Jessica Mauboy in a scene from <i>The Sapphires</i>.
Miranda Tapsell, Shari Sebbens and Jessica Mauboy in a scene from <i>The Sapphires</i>.

IF the showering of AACTA awards on The Sapphires this week has felt like a long-expected coronation, half a world away an entirely different celebration of Australian cinema has shed light on the vast changes in depictions of Aboriginality over the relatively short history of our national cinema.

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