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Gulpilil: One Red Blood
- Format:
- Video
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Anthropology.
- Ethnicity.
- Dance.
- Australians.
- Mass media and culture.
- History, Modern.
- Artists.
- Motion pictures.
- Indigenous peoples.
- History.
- Performing arts.
- Ethnology.
- Sociology.
- Arts.
- Foreign study.
- Social sciences.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (streaming video file (56 minutes)): sound, color
- Place of Publication:
- [New York] : Art Mattan, 2002.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- System Details:
- digital
- video file MPEG-4 Flash
- Summary:
- Legendary Aboriginal actor and Australian icon David Gulpilil's life has been one of dueling lifestyles, with his jet-setting movie star life on a completely different plane from his life as an Aboriginal village elder, and director Darlene Johnson manages to capture intimate details from both lifestyles in her 2003 biographical documentary GULPILIL: ONE RED BLOOD. At the age of 17, Gulpilil made history as the first Aboriginal actor to appear on film -- in Nicolas Roeg's 1971 Walkabout -- which, in turn, led to an historic acting career that culminated in his receiving numerous awards and an Order of Australia medal. All the while, Gulpilil remained true to his culture by accepting his tribal responsibilities, which include living in a primitive house and procuring his household's daily food and water. As Johnson films a number of very candid encounters with the actor in both settings -- David lives in a tent shed and is quite open about the lack of facilities in his abode and the exploitation he's experienced during his career -- she documents the class differences that still exist between the indigenous population of Australia versus the relatively new white population.
- Participant:
- David Gulpilil, John Cann, Rolf de Heer, Ronnie Barramala.
- Notes:
- Title from title frames.
- Originally produced by ArtMattan Films in 2002.
- OCLC:
- 1340912772
- Publisher Number:
- 13294916 Kanopy
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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