1986
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Kristina Nehm. When Michael Riley photographed Kristina Nehm several times in the 1980s she was a dancer with the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in Glebe.
Kristina Nehm is known for Till There Was You (1991), The Dreaming (1988) and The Fringe Dwellers (1986).
- Kristina Nehm
Trilby (Kristina Nehm) is a young Aboriginal woman living with her people on the outskirts of everyday Australian society. Trilby encourages her mother (Justine Saunders) to apply for a Housing Commission home being built in an area inhabited mostly by wealthier white families.
Kristina Nehm is known for Till There Was You (1991), The Dreaming (1988) and The Fringe Dwellers (1986).
Based on a 1961 novel written by Nene Gare, The Fringe Dwellers tells the story of the cultural conflict experienced by Trilby (Kristina Nehm), and her desire to get out of the fringe camp and enter mainstream society.
from the series ‘Michael Riley Portraits 1984-1990’. inkjet print on paper ( frame: 43.5 cm x 62.0 cm, image: 41.0 cm x 60.0 cm ) In the 1980s Michael Riley photographed Kristina Nehm several times when she was a dancer with the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre in Glebe.
The Fringe Dwellers: Directed by Bruce Beresford. With Kristina Nehm, Justine Saunders, Bob Maza, Kylie Belling. Story of an aboriginal family who tries to move out of the fringe into the main white community.
