Worlds Village

Explore the mysteries and experience the thrill of an Ancient Aboriginal culture linking the forces of the past with the spirit of the future. If you need some accommodation when you are visiting the Gold Coast be sure to check out some of our videos on places that you can stay at www.funtraveltv.com

Homeless Aboriginal people and supporters rallied outside the Northern Territory Parliament House in Darwin on August 3rd, 2001, to protest against proposed draconian laws against ‘anti-social behaviour’ directed against homeless Aboriginal people known as ‘long grass people’. In her emotional speech, Darwin Aboriginal activist and singer, June Mills, redefines the meaning of ‘anti-social behaviour’. Gary Meyerhoff (dec) is the MC. The video is a clip from a film by Stuart and Robbie Courtenay and Anda Fellows and uploaded by Bill Day.

Aboriginal art, First Nations Art, North American Native Art, Pacific Northwest Native American Art, and Native Art in general all received a huge boost in visibility as a result of world wide media coverage of the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympic Games and Paralympic Games. I have been working with native artists for many years. I was surprised to find that few people who saw these symbols and forms were able to recognize their meanings or stories. I decided to create a series of videos to provide an easy to understand resource to address this issue.

From Adam & Joe’s Song Wars. For more visit: adam-buxton.co.uk

Synopsis A short experimental film shot totally in a studio, it is about the relationship between an Aboriginal daughter and her white mother. The daughter, now the sole carer of her dying mother, dreams of far away places. Curator’s notes A short film written and directed by Tracey Moffatt, Night Cries is promoted as a possible sequel to Chauvel’s feature film Jedda. What would have happened had Jedda survived, and became the primary carer of her white mother? Moffatt, one of Australia’s most famous visual artists whose work is internationally acclaimed, continues her use of constructed environments, with no outdoor scenes filmed in this work. Shot entirely indoors, the design work of Steven Curtis in Night Cries can also be seen in Moffatt’s feature film BeDevil. The beautiful use of rich colours, reflections and sounds open up the indoor environment of the set, and suggests the grand expanse of physical landscapes. Moffatt’s use of famous Aboriginal singer Jimmy Little, who sings ‘Royal Telephone’ in Night Cries, evokes the presence of Christianity, and its role in the assimilation of Aboriginal peoples. The haunting textures of the painted landscape can then perhaps be reflective of a gradual change in how Aboriginal people relate to the land as a consequence of assimilation. The haunted look in the eyes of the Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton), is loaded with a sense of what could have been. The final scene of Night Cries is reminiscent of a scene from Jedda, when …