Details

Subject(s)

• Aboriginal Australians—Ethnic identity [Browse]
• Aboriginal Australians—Social life and customs [Browse]

Producer

• Rivero, Marita Muhammad [Browse]

Host

• Spooner, Dighton [Browse]

Interviewer

• Spooner, Dighton [Browse]

Director

• White, Conrad [Browse]

Production company

• WGBH Video (Firm) [Browse]

Summary note

Program focuses on the culture of Australian aborigines. Host/interviewer Dighton Spooner speaks with Gulpilil and other Australians about music, ceremonies, instruments, costuming, and the requirements for the survival of Australia's aboriginal culture. Interviews touch upon offers from European companies to purchase tribal lands, Australia's attempts to restore its native culture, rules governing 'mixed blood' in Australian government, the impact of African American leaders on Australia, the creative force behind aboriginal cultures, and European repression of native cultural tradition. Additional program segments include two mime performances by Halim Adbur Rashid (Fred Johnson), 'Blast From the Past' (with an interview with Cleve Sellers, member of the Cornell University development staff), 'Information' on college preparatory services, 'Access' (on the services of the Council of Elders, Inc.), the 'Community Calendar,' and 'Commentary' by Producer Marita Rivero.

Notes

Title from resource description page (viewed March 02, 2016).

Language note

In English.

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