Homeland Story
2020
Computer Files, Websites
HOMELAND STORY is an intimate portrait of Donydji, a small Indigenous community in North East Arnhem Land in the far north of Australia. Homelands are situated on the land of the people who live there. They are of central importance to their identity and culture. The film charts the Donydji community's transition from nomadic life to the digital age, from the 1960s to the present day. One family is featured, across three generations, from the traditional Elder, Dhulutarama, who still knew how to make stone tools, to his grand-daughter, Joanne Yindiri Guyula, who teaches at the Donydji school. It is a moving portrait of the family's struggle to preserve their culture and remain on their Homeland despite the severe obstacles they face: sub-standard education, deplorable service delivery, lack of job opportunities for the youth, inadequate government policy, bureaucratic mismanagement and pressure from mining interests.
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Imprint:
Ronin Films, 2019.[San Francisco, California, USA] : Kanopy Streaming, 2020.
Collation:
1 online resource (streaming video file) (83 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Notes:
Title from title frames.FilmIn Process Record.Originally produced by Ronin Films in 2019.In English,Yolŋu Matha
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Language:
English
BRN:
427884
Electronic access:
Access eFilm - A Kanopy streaming videohttps://www.kanopy.com/node/6271731/external-image - Cover Image