Episode of Series “The Australian ark”.
Yirrawala, the great Aboriginal painter, takes his two sons who have grown up in the white man’s world back into Arnhem Land in an attempt to find the sacred caves and art galleries of his tribe. During the journey Yirrawala makes a bark painting in the traditional way and we see cave paintings never before recorded.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
303273
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Sacred sites (Australian Aboriginal)
Aboriginal Australia → Yirawala, 1894-9176
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australian artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting
Crafts & Visual Arts → Rock paintings
Crafts & Visual Arts → Yirawala, 1894-9176
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan