First Nations right of reply in History Bites Back We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size History Bites Back - Trisha Moreton-Thomas, Stephen Oliver and Elaine Crombie. Credit: A rage burns steadily throughout History Bites Back, filmmaker and actress Trisha Morton-Thomas’ funny and confronting “right of reply” to the ignorance about Indigenous history perpetrated on social media, especially around January 26. As the narrator to camera responding to social media posts, including one claiming that Aboriginal people would have starved if Captain Cook hadn’t discovered Australia, her palpable anger sits somewhere between incredulity and fury. She toned it down, she says, after seeing the first edit.