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Title Mamu. [Kanopy electronic resource]

Publication Info. National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 1971.
[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2019.
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Description 1 online resource (streaming video file) (8 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
digital
video file MPEG-4 Flash
Note Title from title frames.
Film
In Process Record.
Event Originally produced by National Film and Sound Archive of Australia in 1971.
Summary Two men of the Western Desert chase amamu or evil spirit out of camp. Both men are mapantjara, men who have the power to remove powerful bones or stones from their stomachs and use them for medicine and dealing with the spirits. They chase the mamu away by removing bones from their stomachs and hitting these along and into the ground with their spear-throwers.
System Details Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language In English
Subject Australians.
Indigenous peoples.
History.
Documentary films.
Genre Documentary films.
Added Author Dunlop, Ian, film director.
Martin-Jones, John, film director.
National Film and Sound Archive of Australia (Firm), Distributor.
Kanopy (Firm), Distributor.
Music No. 6342113 Kanopy
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