The Morning Star Painter : unpublished version

The Resource The Morning Star Painter : unpublished version
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The Morning Star Painter : unpublished version
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unpublished version
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Language
eng
Summary
Production of art and crafts at Gamedi, an outstation near Maningrida, Arnhem Land; Jack Wunuwun, outstation leader, is shown cutting bark from a stringybark, drying it and preparing the surface for painting; he uses four colours (red & yellow ochre, white clay and charcoal) which are stone-ground; to depict the elements of the Morning Star legend the film also shows Johnny Bulun Bulun painting on bark, the painting of a drone pipe, and the manufacture of dilly bags and baskets by the women who collect pandanus leaves, dig up roots, shave and boil them to obtain dyes to colour the fibres; the finished products are collected by Peter Cook of the Outstsation Resource Association (Maningrida) for sale in the South; Jack Wunuwun teaching his son to paint and to dance the Morning Star dance which is then performed by a group of men and boys to the accompaniment of drone-pipe, and Jack singing and using clap-sticks
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AIAS
Credits note
Producer / director, Curtis Levy; camera, Geoff Burton; sound, Kevin Kearney; editor, Steward Young; music, David Gulpilil, Dick Bandilil; narrator, David Gulpilil
Date time place
Filmed at Gamedi, Arnhem Land, N.T., 1979
PerformerNote
David Gulpilil; Jack Wunuwun; Margaret; Terry Gandadila; Johnny Bulun Bulun; Michael Gadjawala; Peter Cook

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