A fascinating 1/2 hour documentary about a group of aboriginal women potters from the deserts of central Australia making their first ever trip away from their homeland. They travel to a tropical Indonesian island to visit a group of women potters there. The experience of seeing the ocean and tropical bush for the first time and the clash of cultures.
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Collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
312242
Language
English
Audience classification
G
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Ethnic identity
Aboriginal Australia → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Aboriginal Australian artists
Crafts & Visual Arts → Art, Aboriginal Australian
Crafts & Visual Arts → Potters - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)