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Contact, (videorecording)

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In 1964, Yuwali was seventeen when her first contact with white fellas was filmed. Now sixty-two, she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Contact is constructed around one of the most compelling pieces of footage in Australian history: the moment in 1964 when a group of Martu women and children walk out from their nomadic existence of millennia in the Western Desert into a new universe modern Australia. Remarkably, participants from both the Aboriginal and European sides are alive to tell their story.The film centres on Yuwali, the beautiful seventeen-yearold girl we see making that giant leap on 24 September 1964. Now sixty-two, vibrant and with a gorgeous infectious laugh, Yuwali still remembers life before contact, when her tribe flourished in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. 29 May 1964 was the date Australian and European Scientists predicted the Blue Streak rocket they were testing would break up upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere and plummet into the Percival Lakes area, Yuwali's home. The authorities needed to make contact with anyone who might be living there and evacuate them.The days counting down to blast off drive the narrative of the film. Day by day Yuwali, back at the Lakes, gives a riveting account as she and the nineteen others in her group are chased hundreds of kilometres around the desert trying to escape the 'devilmen' in the 'rocks that move' (four wheel drives). It's extremely rare to hear such an articulate and perceptive first-hand account of life before contact and the shock and fear of seeing cars, planes and whitefellas for the first time
Language
eng
Work
Extent
1 DVD-video (78 minutes)
Note
  • Screen Australia and Contact Films presents in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Arte France and The Martu Community
  • Based on an original book 'Cleared out' by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson & Yuwali
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Contact
Title
Contact
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Author
Film director
Film producer
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Language
eng
Summary
In 1964, Yuwali was seventeen when her first contact with white fellas was filmed. Now sixty-two, she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Contact is constructed around one of the most compelling pieces of footage in Australian history: the moment in 1964 when a group of Martu women and children walk out from their nomadic existence of millennia in the Western Desert into a new universe modern Australia. Remarkably, participants from both the Aboriginal and European sides are alive to tell their story.The film centres on Yuwali, the beautiful seventeen-yearold girl we see making that giant leap on 24 September 1964. Now sixty-two, vibrant and with a gorgeous infectious laugh, Yuwali still remembers life before contact, when her tribe flourished in one of the most hostile environments on the planet. 29 May 1964 was the date Australian and European Scientists predicted the Blue Streak rocket they were testing would break up upon re-entry into the earth's atmosphere and plummet into the Percival Lakes area, Yuwali's home. The authorities needed to make contact with anyone who might be living there and evacuate them.The days counting down to blast off drive the narrative of the film. Day by day Yuwali, back at the Lakes, gives a riveting account as she and the nineteen others in her group are chased hundreds of kilometres around the desert trying to escape the 'devilmen' in the 'rocks that move' (four wheel drives). It's extremely rare to hear such an articulate and perceptive first-hand account of life before contact and the shock and fear of seeing cars, planes and whitefellas for the first time
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Awards note
Winner of 2009 AFI Awards Best feature length documentary.
Cataloging source
NHOM
Characteristic
videorecording
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Contact (Documentary film : 2009)
Credits note
Produced and directed by Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Dewey number
994.2380049915
Intended audience
Rated: PG
Language note
In English and Martu language. English subtitles
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
1957-
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Butler, Martin
  • Dean, Bentley
  • Yuwali
  • Davenport, Sue
  • Johnson, Peter
Runtime
78
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  • Yuwali
  • Davenport, Sue
  • Johnson, Peter
  • Woomera Rocket Range
  • Guided missiles
  • Documentary films
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Guided missiles
  • Film adaptations
  • Mardu (Australian people)
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Aboriginal Australians
  • Woomera (S. Aust.)
Target audience
adolescent
Technique
live action
Label
Contact, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Screen Australia and Contact Films presents in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Arte France and The Martu Community
  • Based on an original book 'Cleared out' by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson & Yuwali
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000060225014
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (78 minutes)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
9344256015731
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
DAVID3684
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)989012958
System details
Dolby digital ; PAL ; All regions ; widescreen
Video recording format
DVD
Label
Contact, (videorecording)
Distribution
Copyright
Note
  • Screen Australia and Contact Films presents in association with Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Arte France and The Martu Community
  • Based on an original book 'Cleared out' by Sue Davenport, Peter Johnson & Yuwali
Carrier category
videodisc
Carrier category code
vd
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Content category
two-dimensional moving image
Content type code
tdi
Content type MARC source
rdacontent
Control code
000060225014
Dimensions
12 cm.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 DVD-video (78 minutes)
Media category
video
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
v
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
9344256015731
Other physical details
sound, colour
Publisher number
DAVID3684
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)989012958
System details
Dolby digital ; PAL ; All regions ; widescreen
Video recording format
DVD

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