The Last of the Nomads: Homecoming
1997
The Last of the Nomads: Homecoming
1997
- NFSA IDEK76V757
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration53 mins
- GenresDocudrama, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1997
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Two men sit by a waterhole. Mandildjara people are picking fruit from trees, and digging in the earth for food. A man cracks something three times, then tosses a dead goanna onto the soil. The narrator tells us that it is as though the land is welcoming the Mandildjara people home.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Two men sit by a waterhole. Mandildjara people are picking fruit from trees, and digging in the earth for food. A man cracks something three times, then tosses a dead goanna onto the soil. The narrator tells us that it is as though the land is welcoming the Mandildjara people home.
- NFSA IDEK76V757
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormDocumentary
- Duration53 mins
- GenresDocudrama, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year1997
- DirectorMathew KellyProducersPeter du Cane and Samantha KelleyCo-ProducerGarry GowerWritersMathew Kelly and Garry GowerCastDene Irvin
By Romaine Moreton
This sequence where we see the enthusiasm of the Mandildjara people is one aspect of the search for Warri and Yatungka. The Mandildjara people, back on their homeland for the first time in years, begin to hunt and gather with a certainty and relish known only to people who have had to live in exile. The expedition to bring back Warri and Yatungka can be seen on a spiritual level as the opportunity for the Mandildjara people to experience their homeland again, and for their homeland to experience her people. There is a definite need of the land for her people, and the people for their land. This perhaps is the true love story of The Last of the Nomads.
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