Records the story of “Ka-wayawayama” or “Aeroplane Dance” of the Yanuwa people of the Borroloola area in the Northern Territory. The dance was created after an American “Liberator” bomber crashed in the area in 1942, after a mission in the South-west Pacific. Re-creates the plight of the flight crew in their trek across inhospitable terrain across the Gulf of Carpentaria and the search for the lost crew.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
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Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
307003
Language
English
Audience classification
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Dances
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Rites and ceremonies
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Social life and customs
Aboriginal Australia → Songs, Aboriginal Australian
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rites and ceremonies
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Music & Performing Arts → Aboriginal Australians - Dances
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White and Colour