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We're something other, and we need And the way to try and uncover that
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Books That Made Us

We're something other, and we needAnd the way to try and uncover that And the way to try...

we're something other, and we need
And the way to try and uncover that And the way to try and uncover that is to open ourselves up to what
Indigenous Australia offers us

Full Transcript

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we're something other, and we need And the way to try and uncover that
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And the way to try and uncover that
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is to open ourselves up to what Indigenous Australia offers us.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
15
Timestamp in Movie
00:21:54
Uploaded
May 28, 2025
Season
1
Episode
2
Genres
documentary

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Movie Summary

An inspiring documentary series, presented by Claudia Karvan, that takes us on a journey to celebrate our love of books, meet our great storytellers and explore our Australian identity.
S01 • E02 Certainly good things become possible, perhaps even great things. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Certainly good things become possible, perhaps even great th...
S01 • E03 "Every car in the parking lot was doing it, - Books That Made Us 00:06
"Every car in the parking lot was doing it,
S01 • E02 Hey, Richard, how are you? Hello, lovely to meet. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Hey, Richard, how are you? Hello, lovely to meet.
S01 • E01 I'm discovering that stories about strangers, like my own family, - Books That Made Us 00:13
I'm discovering that stories about strangers, like my o...
S01 • E02 Sorry to do this to you after your big session. - Books That Made Us 00:05
Sorry to do this to you after your big session.
S01 • E03 "Bruce was the top guy of the gang, even better than Darren Peters. - Books That Made Us 00:05
"Bruce was the top guy of the gang, even better than Da...
S01 • E03 "He had a car, a job, money - Books That Made Us 00:12
"He had a car, a job, money
S01 • E01 Migrant stories and people we love because they are us. - Books That Made Us 00:06
Migrant stories and people we love because they are us.
S01 • E01 These are the stories I wanna hear about - Books That Made Us 00:17
These are the stories I wanna hear about
S01 • E02 The landscape is the mind and the soul of the author, - Books That Made Us 00:06
The landscape is the mind and the soul of the author,
S01 • E03 PAM: I mean, there was such rules those girls had to follow - Books That Made Us 00:10
PAM: I mean, there was such rules those girls had to follow
S01 • E02 Place, these things, you know, - Books That Made Us 00:08
Place, these things, you know,
S01 • E02 And so we invent Tasmanias, Australias, we invent ourselves, - Books That Made Us 00:23
And so we invent Tasmanias, Australias, we invent ourselves,
S01 • E01 And do everything that is what great writing does. And it's the joy of literature - Books That Made Us 00:08
And do everything that is what great writing does. And it�...
S01 • E03 Well, ultimately, yeah, - Books That Made Us 00:20
Well, ultimately, yeah,
S01 • E01 It's literally how you battle xenophobia is to tell stories. - Books That Made Us 00:06
It's literally how you battle xenophobia is to tell sto...
S01 • E01 WOMAN: The ability to tell a story, - Books That Made Us 00:19
WOMAN: The ability to tell a story,
S01 • E02 And if there's only one defence to make of novels, - Books That Made Us 00:08
And if there's only one defence to make of novels,
S01 • E03 A book of its time, - Books That Made Us 00:06
A book of its time,
S01 • E03 It's just so incredible to think of what's going on right now - Books That Made Us 00:06
It's just so incredible to think of what's going o...