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Films
3 Films
Keywords
“Art Artists Artisans”
x
Country of production
“Australia”
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short films
1
Region
Australia
1
South Asia
1
South-East Asia
1
Country
Australia
1
India
1
Indonesia
1
Keywords
Archival material / Museum displays
1
Art / Artists / Artisans
3
Collective / Community identity
1
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
1
Death
1
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
1
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
1
Material Culture
1
Political Activists
1
Race / Racism / Antiracism
1
Religion / Belief / Faith
1
Ritual
1
Trade
1
Directors
Davies, Sera
1
Forge, Anthony
1
MacDougall, Judith
1
Series
ANU, Indonesia Series
1
not set
2
Country of production
Australia
3
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Year of production
1973
1
2001
1
2017
1
Film list
Diya
2001
55
‘
Directed by
Judith MacDougall
.
A diya is a small terra cotta oil lamp used throughout India in Hindu ceremonies. The film follows the life history of an object through the every day experience of people who make, sell and use it
South Asia
Trade
Material Culture
Religion / Belief / Faith
Art / Artists / Artisans
Namatjira Project
2017
87
‘
Directed by
Sera Davies
.
An extraordinary first-hand account of the international battle to reclaim the artwork and heritage of one of Australia’s most important Indigenous figures: Albert Namatjira. Albert Namatjira was
Australia
Art / Artists / Artisans
Collective / Community identity
Colonialism / Postcolonialism
Indigenous peoples / First Nations peoples
Law and Legislation / Bureaucracy
Political Activists
Race / Racism / Antiracism
Ngarap: fighting over a corpse
1973
17
‘
Directed by
Anthony Forge
.
In 1993, Anthony Forge filmed the cremation of an older woman from an affluent ‘commoner’ family. As her body was moved from her family compound to the cremation tower, men of the ward seized the
South-East Asia
Death
Ritual
Art / Artists / Artisans
Archival material / Museum displays