Designed to show how the aboriginal people of Groote Eylandt in the Gulf of Carpentaria are adjusting to the new life brought about by the discovery on their lands of vast manganese deposits which are now being mined by Broken Hill Proprietary. Made as a fragmented collage of images and sounds, it is intended to produce a direct emotional response, and suggest the confused values of the aboriginals undergoing a social and cultural revolution.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
001888
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Cultural assimilation
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mineral industries - Australia - History
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Mines and mineral resources - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Groote Eylandt (N.T.)
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Economic conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Social values
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Values
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Values
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Values
Places → Carpentaria, Gulf of, Region (N.T. and Qld.)
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)