Mabo: Life of an Island Man

Mabo: Life of an Island Man
Directed byTrevor Graham
Distributed byFilm Australia
Release date
  • 1997 (1997)
Running time
87 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Traditional dancing on Murray Island, Eddie Mabo's place of birth.

Mabo: Life of an Island Man is a 1997 Australian documentary film on the life of Indigenous Australian land rights campaigner Eddie Koiki Mabo, directed by Trevor Graham.

It was awarded Best Documentary at the Australian Film Institute Awards and the Sydney Film Festival. It also received the Script Writing Award at the New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards.