Desert stories

Australia, 1984

Film
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The Pintubi Aboriginal people of the Northern Territory tell stories of the Dreamtime, and other stories of their lives. Also shows the work of the Papunya Aboriginal Settlement Literature Production Centre in recording the Pintubi people in their own language. Care is taken that the oral tradition is retained, when transcribing the stories.

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Credits

director

Lindsay Frazer

producer

Nick Frazer

production company

Channel 0-28

KOKO P

Duration

00:29:00:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
1984

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

303316

Language

English

Subject categories

Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Aboriginal Australia → Pintubi (Australian People)

Aboriginal Australia → Pintubi language

Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

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

History → Aboriginal Australians - Legends

Literature → Storytelling

Places → Papunya (N.T.)

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Colour

Holdings

VHS; Access Print (Section 1)

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