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Film Details - Michael Edols Films , 1975
Producers:
Micahel Edols
Production Companies:
Michael Edols Films
Finance Organisations:
Australian Council
Film, Radio and Television Board
Aboriginal Arts Board
Director of Photography:
Michael Edols
Editors:
Esben Storm
Les Mclaren
Cast:
Sam Woolagoodjah (head man), Stanley Woolagoodjah (his son), May Langi, Flora Woolagoodjah, Gerty Yabu, Shirley Tataya (young wife), Kerry Tataya (child), Barney Tataya (the hunter), Alison Burgo, Alfie Um Bergai, Ruth Umbagai, Ronda Woolagoodjah.
Release Dates:
1. 1975
2. Released on videocassette format in the 1980s by SBS Marketing.
Location:
- Filmed on location in the traditional Worora tribal lands of North West Australia.
Awards:
- Sydney Film Festival (1975), Rouben Mamoulian Award for the Most Distinguished Australian Film (as the best finalist of the Greater Union Awards) - winner
- Melbourne Film Festival (1975), Silver Boomerang Award for a Significant Contribution to Film and the Indigenous Culture - winner
- Australian Film Institute Awards (1976) Bronze Award for Best Documentary - winner
Notes:
1. Translated from Worora by Jean Bangmoro, Albert and Buja Burunga, and David Mowoljarlai.
2. The film was critically acclaimed by German and foreign journalists at the Berlin Film Festival and Paris Festival.
Settings:
- Kimberley area, North Western Australia, Western Australia,
