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The Yirrkala Film Project, we are the landowner...that's why we're here

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The Yirrkala Film Project

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we are the landowner...that's why we're here

"Yirrkala was an isolated mission station until the coming of a huge bauxite mine in the late 1960s. The impact of the mine on the Yolngu, the Aboriginal people of northeast Arnhem Land, and their response is a major theme of this long-term film project. Twenty two films document many aspects of Yolngu life. Each stands on its own but each is also part of a rich mosaic. The relationship between people and their clans, ritual, art and land is an intertwining theme. Several major ceremonies are documented."--Cover

Volume One: 1: Madarrpa funeral at Gurka'wuy (1979) 88 mins -- 2. Narritjin at Djarrakpi Part 1 (1981) 50 mins ; Narritjin at Djarrakpi Part 2 (1981) 38 mins ; My country, Djarrkpi (1981) 16 mins -- 3. Narritjin in Canberra (1981) 40 mins -- 4. At the canoe camp (1981) 41 mins -- 5. In memory of Mawalan (1983) 92 mins -- 6. We are the landowner ... that's why we're here (1985) 48 mins -- 7. We believe in it ... we know its true (1986) 48 mins -- 8. One man's response (1986) 54 mins -- Pain for this land (1995) 43 mins -- Volume Two: 1. This is my thinking (1995) 52 mins -- 2. Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi (1995) 50 mins -- 3. Dundiwuy's house opening (1995) 35 mins -- 4. Purification ceremony - Caledon Bay 1971 (1995) 15 mins ; From long time ago - hollow log painting (1996) 20 mins -- 5. Marrakulu funeral - Yirrkala 1974 (1996) 53 mins -- 6. Singing in the rain - Yirrkaka in 1974 (1996) 53 mins -- 7. Hard time now ... About the children (1996) 54 mins -- Dhapi ceremony at Yirrkala - 1972 (1996) 91 mins -- 9. Baniyala - 1974 (1996) Parts One and Two 58 mins

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