A film about an Aboriginal family who live in Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory. Jack Wunuwun is a tribal elder and a well known painter and this film records him making a bark painting depicting the legend of the morning star. Bark paintings and woven baskets, that are done by the family, are taken into Darwin to be sold. Narrated and with music by David Gulpilil.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
007263
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Weaving
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australian artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Bark painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Basket making
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)