HER NAME IS NANNY NELLIE
Film poster for "Her Name is Nanny Nellie" featuring two people and text on a beige background.
HER NAME IS NANNY NELLIE
Film poster for "Her Name is Nanny Nellie" featuring two people and text on a beige background.
A journey to reclaim the identity and honor of an Aboriginal woman exhibited anonymously as a relic in 1920s Australia.

HER NAME IS NANNY NELLIE

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WORLD PREMIERE - Adelaide Film Festival | OFFICIAL SELECTION - SXSW Sydney

Indigenous IdentityColonial ViolenceHistorical ErasureMuseum EthicsRacial RepresentationCultural Dignity • Intergenerational Trauma • Ancestral Memory • Indigenous Resilience • Historical Justice


Date of Completion: 2024 | Run Time: 80 minutes | Language: English with English subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Director: Daniel King Producers: Charlotte Seymour, Ben Pederick & Andrew Arbuthnot

HER NAME IS NANNY NELLIE is a powerful and poignant documentary that sheds light on the treatment of Aboriginal people in Australia's history and the ongoing efforts to reclaim their identity and dignity. In 1925, the Australian Museum commissioned three statues depicting Aboriginal individuals - a child, a man, and a woman - displayed anonymously as relics of a "dying race." The woman was Nellie Walker, great-grandmother of Irene Ridgeway, who is now on a mission to uncover Nellie’s story.

FESTIVALS
Adelaide Film Festival (World Premiere)
SXSW Sydney