This film seeks to replace the stereotypes promoted by the non-Aboriginal history of white settlement in Australia which usually begins with the ‘discoveries’ of Captain Cook. Here history is re-told from the point-of-view of the colonised: ‘Aboriginals discovered Captain Cook’. In Northern Australia white people are referred to as ‘Captain Cooks’. The film’s form is sensitive to the telling of tribal history of Captain Cook as spoken by Paddy Wambarranga of the Rembarrnga tribe in Arnhem Land. This history is also represented by images of Aboriginal art. Rembarrnga and Kriol dialogue with English subtitles.
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
309388
Language
Australian languages
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Attitudes
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Australia, Northern
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Cultural assimilation
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Land tenure
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Northern Territory
Aboriginal Australia → Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Arnhem Land (N.T.)
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Cook, James, 1728-1779
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
History → Aboriginal Australians - History
History → Australia - History - 1788-1851
History → Cook, James, 1728-1779
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)