In 1982 Aboriginal filmmaker Wayne Barker returned to his home in Broome, Western Australia to make a film about his grandfather, Cass Drummond. The result is this personal portrait of a staunchly self-reliant old man as he looks back on his life in the pearling industry and comments on what it was like to be an Aboriginal earlier this century.
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
33735
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Producers and directors
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Western Australia
Aboriginal Australia → Indigenous peoples
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Biographical films
Agriculture, Business, Commerce & Industry → Pearl industry and trade - Australia
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Broome (W.A.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Social life and customs
Biographical
Documentary
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
History → Aboriginal Australians - History
History → Biography
History → History
People → Biographical films
People → Biography
People → Drummond, Cass
People → Indigenous peoples
Places → Broome (W.A.)
Short films
Short films → Short films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)