Sir Sam Neill who has graciously grown old and wise over the years takes us in his personal journey into the Pacific, following the footsteps of his icon and questioning Captain Cook's journey over 3 centuries ago in the perspective of the natives and as an outsider.
5 Reviews
What Sam does best.
clogsclogs9 February 2021
Knowledge All Australians should be taught.
MichaelMcKenzie-768-4875765 March 2021
I'm a product of the education of the sixties and seventies and this information was not available to us. I'm upset that the truth to Cook's conduct and behaviour and his men's was not acceptable irrespective of the time in which it was done. Thank you Sam for this wonderful informative production.
Revisionst history...
scrabo39-143-168508 March 2021
Interesting
EmDee-427-46934420 November 2022
I enjoyed learning more about Captain Cook's journey and felt bad for what the English did back then (that we now have nothing to do with). I had no privileges from being white other than being abused by our Indigenous stepfather and giving him all of our money from working in a factory as a child with my siblings.
Do I blame all Indigenous people for our mistreatment? No, but I'm supposed to own something some other white people did? My kids and I are supposed to be now overlooked for education and jobs because of what some other white people did?
Watching Ernie Dingo repeatedly assume that Captain Cook was "one of yours" when talking to Sam was interesting considering Ernie is part white too.
There won't be any 'reconciliation' while some people selectively get blamed for everything so other people can benefit.
Do I blame all Indigenous people for our mistreatment? No, but I'm supposed to own something some other white people did? My kids and I are supposed to be now overlooked for education and jobs because of what some other white people did?
Watching Ernie Dingo repeatedly assume that Captain Cook was "one of yours" when talking to Sam was interesting considering Ernie is part white too.
There won't be any 'reconciliation' while some people selectively get blamed for everything so other people can benefit.
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