Jan 2008 Sending in soldiers and the police to ‘stabilise’ indigenous communities and check children for sexual abuse was always going to be controversial. But months after Australia’s Federal Government seized control of 73 bush townships, banned alcohol and porn and overhauled welfare payments, what impact are their actions having? Are these ‘harsh measures’ justified or is this ‘another step in the undeclared war against Aboriginal people’? Night time in the Aboriginal community of Maningrida. Gangs of “lost children” roam about unsupervised. “Nobody cares for them and they’ve got nothing”. Some don’t look older than eight or nine. “Parents are not taking control because some fathers are on drugs, alcohol, smoking ganja. These kids are learning violence and drug use from their parents”. Last summer, an inquiry uncovered horrific levels of paedophilia in every aboriginal community inspected. Declaring the situation a “national emergency”, the Australian government took back control of land given over to Indigenous rule. The army was sent in and new leaders imposed on communities with sweeping powers to seize the assets of Aboriginal organisations and expel anyone. Produced by ABC Australia Distributed by Journeyman Pictures
Archive for the ‘Aboriginal Videos’ Category
Tracking the Intervention – 44min. documentary
Emily Kame Kngwarreye exhibition
www,dacou.com.au Emily Kame Kngwarreye is Australias most important and famous female artist. Hailed as a modernist genius, she has been compared to Rothko and de Kooning. An Anmatyerre elder from Utopia in the remote central desert region of the Northern Territory, Emily first took up painting on canvas in her late 70′s. She quickly became one of the leaders in the contemporary Aboriginal art movement, transforming her style several times during her short career of eight years. Today she is known as one of the greatest abstract painters of the 20th century.
Lemuria: The Hidden History of Mankind’s Motherland [4/21]
Original documentary by myself with commentary from Col. James Churchward Tells the story of mankind’s Motherland: Mu, how she was the source of all the major world’s religions, and after she sank the various peoples of her continent scattered throughout the world to form groups such as the Nagas in India, and the Maya in Mexico, the Maori in New Zealand, Aborigine in Australia, etc. Also tells how the religion of Mu was corrupted over the years and became what we now see as the major world religions. www.alchemymeditations.com
Coloured Stone – Dancing In The Moon (1986)
Music from Australia and New Zealand in the year 1986: Coloured Stone’s promo-video for the single ‘Dancing In The Moonlight’. Coloured Stone are from Ceduna, South Australia. This song was originally released in 1978 as Coloured Stone’s first single. en.wikipedia.org ——————————————- NZOZ NZOZ1986 1986 Australia Mid Eighties 1980′s 1980s 80′s 80s Musical Terms: Aboriginal, Rock, Aussie, Old Australian Band
Aboriginal Cultural Dancing in Sydney
www.thriveonsuccess.com.au Visitors to Lane Cove Natinal Park Sydney are given the opprtunity to learn about Aboriginal culture witha dance display. Watch as the kids and a few Dads learn the Emu dance.