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Dance and body art / Pacific Rim-shots and David Tunnell in association with Knowledge Books and Software Multimedia ; produced and directed by David Tunnell, Brett Charles.
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Dance--Anthropological aspects--Australia.
- Dance.
- Body art--Australia.
- Body art.
- Aboriginal Australians--Social life and customs.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (circa 20 min.) : sound, color.
- Place of Publication:
- [Brighton, Qld., Australia] : Knowledge Books and Software Multimedia [distributor], c1999.
- System Details:
- digital
- Summary:
- Considers the meaning of dance and body-painting for the aboriginal peoples of Australia: dance as storytelling, indicating home, status, legends, occupations; body art as symbolic of the Dreamtime, or clan/individual totems, its color related to tribal location and legends.
- Credits:
- Camera, Brett Charles, David Tunnell; editor, Brett Charles; research, Dvid Tunnell; cultural consustant Greg Singh (Inibla Goobya)
- Notes:
- Description based on VHS version record.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the George Clapp Vaillant Book Fund.
- Other Format:
- VHS version Dance and body art
- OCLC:
- 54705051
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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