The film touches on Australia's "stolen generation" - victims of a government policy of assimilation that was in place until the late 1960s.

BBC: The Sapphires shines light on Aboriginal Australia

Assimilation as an official policy died, although it is still favoured by some academics, including Tom Flanagan of the University of Calgary, who has close ties to the current prime minister.

ECONOMIST: Canada

Our founding fathers in their wisdom chose at the outset of independence to use integration rather than assimilation as a national policy to manage race relations and to forge a new nation.

UNESCO: PARIS

Naturally Lim asserts they have, especially in pushing for a policy of integration not assimilation and in fighting to preserve the language, education and culture of non-Malays.

CNN: A Milder Lim Fights On