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FILM & DOCUMENTARY NIGHT
Courtesy of the Wujal Wujal Justice Group for the Bloomfield River film
TUESDAY 15 JUNE 6PM FESTIVAL VILLAGE
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THE MESSAGE by Alison Page
The Message: The Story from the Shore by award-winning filmmaker Alison Page features descendants of those who witnessed James Cook’s passage in 1770.
The National Museum of Australia commissioned Alison and director Nik Lachajczak to create a short film in collaboration with Indigenous communities along Australia’s east coast. The Message features descendants of people whose ancestors witnessed Cook’s passage, powerfully reimagining the message of the Endeavour’s arrival being passed up the coast.
The story of HMB Endeavour’s 1770 voyage lies at the core of the Australian nation. Endeavour Voyage: The Untold Stories of Cook and the First Australians exhibition explored views from the ship and shore on the 250th anniversary of the 1770 journey.
Endeavour Voyage was on show at the National Museum of Australia from 2 June 2020 to 26 April 2021 (13mins). (courtesy of NMA and introduced by Shona Coyne)
NGADIKU BANA YIRRIJI - LONG TIME AGO BLOOMFIELD RIVER
The Traditional owners and Elders of the Kuku Yalanji peoples of Wujal Wujal tell their story of what it was like growing up in the Bloomfield Valley and on Bana Yirriji, (Bloomfield River). In Kuku Yalanji and English with subtitles (20 mins)
WAWU – DEVINE HOPE by Caden Pearson
‘Devine Hope’ is a film based on the Easter traditions in Hope Vale (26 mins)
WIK VS QUEENSLAND - THE FILM (courtesy Bentland Productions)
A powerful insight into the High Court’s decision to grant native title to the Wik people in 1996, and the dramatic political and cultural fallout that followed.” (1hr, 23 mins) Directed by Dean Gibson
