Cass: no saucepan diver

Australia, 1983

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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.

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Credits

director

Wayne Barker

production company

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Duration

00:14:00:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1983

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

016367

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

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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