| Description |
1 videodisc (DVD) (58 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in |
| Summary |
Records the story of the "Ka-wayawayama", or "Aeroplane dance" of the Yanyuwa people of the Borroloola area, Northern Territory. The dance was created after an American "Liberator" bomber crashed in the area in December 1942 after a mission in the South-West Pacific. Re-creates the plight of the flight crew in their trek across the inhospitable terrain of the Gulf of Carpentaria and the search for the lost crew |
| Notes |
"Based upon an official report written by Staff Sergeant Grady Gaston for the US Airforce, May 1943" --closing credits |
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"Produced in association with the SBS Aboriginal Television Unit"--Closing credits |
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"Script developed with the assistance of the Australian Film Commission"--Closing credits |
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"Produced with the assistance of Film Victoria"--Closing credits |
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"Before showing this film publically at Aboriginal communities in the [Borroloola] area, please consult senior members of the community, as some people who appear in this film may have passed away since it was completed" |
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Viewer advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and voices of people who have died |
| Credits |
Production managers, Kim Anning, Frank Haines; location manager, Debbie Sonenberg; interpreter and art direction, John Bradley; written and researched by Jan Wositzky; co-producer, Cristina Pozzan |
| Notes |
Rated: PG, parental guidance recommended |
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DVD, region 0, PAL |
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Available to Deakin University staff and students only |
| Subject |
Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- Social life and customs.
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Songs, Aboriginal Australian.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola Region -- Dances
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Yanyuwa (Australian people) -- History.
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Aircraft accidents -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Borroloola Region
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Survival.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Australia -- Northern Territory -- Personal narratives, American.
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| Genre/Form |
Video recordings.
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| Author |
Wositzky, Jan.
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Bradley, John, 1959-
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Pozzan, Cristina
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Little Eva (Airplane)
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