| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) |
| Playing Time |
Duration: 147 minutes |
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Title from title frames. |
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In Process Record. |
| Event |
Originally produced by Snakewood Films in 1993. |
| Summary |
"In the Language of this country, the name of this river is Yarnda NyirrãNa, 'Sun Mirror'. This is the story of the people who belong to the river, and the forces that took them away". With these words Roger Solomon begins the story of his people's connection to country, their suffering and their hope. Made with the Yindjibarndi, Ngarluma, Banyjima and Gurrama people of Roebourne, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia, Exile and The Kingdom is the first complete account in Australian film history of the experiences of a single group of Aboriginal people from pre-colonial time to the present. The film argues that the relentless removal of the Yindjibarndi/Ngarluma people from their hinterland estates into coastal ghettos has led to the community's current problems. It makes the connection between Aborigines in chains in the nineteenth century and Aborigines in prisons today so providing a deeper understanding of how the abuses and denials of the past inform the present. However, as the film moves us through the period of British colonisation, unearthing appalling facts about slavery and the violent rule of pearling and pastoral overlords, to the excesses of the 1960s mining boom and problems with alcohol, it never allows the viewer to forget the significance and influence of spiritual homelands"”the bedrock upon which Yindjibarndi/Ngarluma tribal Law is based. Using a poetic mix of historical recreation, compelling argument, testimony, creation story and song, the film never deviates from its intention to let the tribal people tell their own story. Awards "¢ Major Media Peace Award (United Nations Association of Australia with the Council for Aboriginal Reconciliation, 1993) "¢ Best Documentary (Australian Film Institute,1993) "¢ Best Achievement in Sound in a Non Feature Film (Australian Film Institute,1993) "¢ Voted 3rd Most Popular Documentary (Sydney Film Festival) "¢ Best Documentary (Louis St. John Johnson Media Awards WA,1994. 'For excellence in the reporting of Aboriginal affairs in WA') "¢ Best Documentary (Australian Human Rights Award, 1994) |
| System Details |
Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
| Language |
In English |
| Indexed Term |
Australian and Indigenous Studies |
| Added Author |
Rijavec, Frank, filmmaker
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Kanopy (Firm)
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| Music No. |
1127158 Kanopy |
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