ASPECTS OF A LIFE: Working with Indigenous Australians

Year: 1972 Classification: Exempt - Ronin Recommends: G Runtime: 216 min Produced In: Australia Directed By: Michael Edols Produced By: Michael Edols Language: Indigenous languages with English subtitles
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Teachers please note: feedback has indicated that it may be useful to introduce the films to students by viewing the 2011 Director Interview first, as means of providing context for the collection.
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The four films in the Collection have long been unavailable to the general public but are now released in digitally re-mastered form, with community approval:

LALAI DREAMTIME
(1972, 60 mins)
www.roninfilms.com.au/video/819/60/6541.html

FLOATING … LIKE WIND BLOW ‘EM ABOUT
(1975, 72 mins)
www.roninfilms.com.au/video/819/40/6543.html

WHEN THE SNAKE BITES THE SUN
(1985, 57 mins)
www.roninfilms.com.au/video/819/140/6544.html

HERE’S MY HAND: A testimony to an Aboriginal Memorial
(1988, 27 mins)
www.roninfilms.com.au/video/819/40/6545.html

These four films by cinematographer and filmmaker, Michael Edols represent a significant and sustained body of work, produced over 16 years, recording the culture and history of Indigenous communities, especially in the Kimberleys, in the north-west of Western Australia.

Recruited by Elders from three tribal language groups - Worrora, Wunamble and Ngarinyin – to collaborate with them in making films, Edols and the communities both recorded and reconstructed their culture, past and present, from pre-European contact (in LALAI DREAMTIME) to their present dislocated, mission-based lifestyle (in FLOATING).

This DVD collection of four films is accompanied by a short book written by Michael Edols to accompany the films and to assist with study and understanding.

The set also includes a 40-minute interview with Edols recorded in Canberra in 2011, talking about his collaboration with Indigenous communities.
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Follow this link to view LALAI DREAMTIME trailer: www.youtube.com/watch?v=q0aNeTpE6Dk
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Follow this link to view an excerpt of the Michael Edols interview: www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNWg94k1gec&feature=endscreen&NR=1
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