The Yirrkala Film Project.
A collection of 22 films made by Ian Dunlop over a 30 year period with the Yolngu, the Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land. Yirrkala was an isolated mission station until the coming of a huge bauxite mine in the late 1960s. The impact of the mine on the Yolngu and their response is a major th...
| Format: | Video |
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| Language: | English |
| Language Notes: | In English |
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[San Francisco, California, USA] :
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia,
1996.
Kanopy Streaming, 2018. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video |
| Summary: | A collection of 22 films made by Ian Dunlop over a 30 year period with the Yolngu, the Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land. Yirrkala was an isolated mission station until the coming of a huge bauxite mine in the late 1960s. The impact of the mine on the Yolngu and their response is a major theme of this long-term film project.. Each film stands on its own but each is also part of a rich mosaic. The relationship between people and their clans, ritual, art and land is an intertwining theme. Several major ceremonies are documented.. The importance of the land is ever-present. Despite enormous disruption to their lives, the resilience of the Yolngu and their culture shines through. |
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| Item Description: | Title from title frames. collection In Process Record. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (streaming video file) (1025 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound |
| Playing Time: | 17:04:33 |
| Format: | Mode of access: World Wide Web. |