The film presents Rosalie (Ngarla) Kunoth-Monks speaking for the first time in her Arrente language. It tells the other side to the film which in 1955 was one of a kind: first full colour feature film and first to feature Aboriginal actors with speaking parts. The program is about Rosalie’s life before and after ‘Jedda’, her life in central Australia as a young woman and the profound cultural challenges she faced when selected by Charles Chauvel to play the lead role in ‘Jedda’ in 1955. Includes archival footage and excerpts from ‘Jedda’ including some b&w scenes.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
319915
Languages
Australian languages
English
Audience classification
ACMI classified
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Attitudes
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Biography
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Cultural assimilation
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Education
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Treatment
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Women
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians in motion pictures
Aboriginal Australia → Kunoth, Ngarla
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Kunoth, Ngarla
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Australia - History
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Excerpts
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - History
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Music & Performing Arts → Actors - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
DVD [PAL]; Access Print (Section 1)