Sons of Namatjira (A)

Australia, 1975

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Keith Namatjira and his relatives paint in the style of his father, Albert and live in an artist’s camp set up by his father on the outskirts of Alice Springs. Highlights problems which the Namatjiras and Aborigines in general have to confront in their relationship with the world outside the community.

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Credits

producer/director

Curtis Levy

production company

Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies

Duration

00:47:32:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1975

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303311

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Treatment

Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Alice Springs (N.T.)

Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australian artists

Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Painting

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art - History

Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian

Crafts & Visual Arts → Landscape painting - Australia

Crafts & Visual Arts → Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959

Crafts & Visual Arts → Painting, Australian

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - Australia

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aboriginal Australians - Social conditions

History → Aboriginal Australians - History

History → History

People → Namatjira, Albert, 1902-1959

Places → Alice Springs (N.T.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)

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