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Dreaming down the Track : Awakenings in Aboriginal Cinema.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Lempert, William.
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Moora, Mark, -2020--Criticism and interpretation.
Moora, Mark.
Documentary films--Australia--History and criticism.
Documentary films.
Documentary films--Social aspects--Australia.
Aboriginal Australians in motion pictures.
Future, The, in motion pictures.
Genre:
Electronic books.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (300 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, 2025.
Summary:
"The product of years of embedded fieldwork within Indigenous film crews in Northwestern Australia, Dreaming Down the Track delves deeply into Aboriginal cinema as a transformative community process. Engaging the film career of Kukatja elder Mark Moora, William Lempert demonstrates the impact of filmmaking on how Aboriginal futures are collectively imagined and called forth"-- Provided by publisher.
Contents:
Cover Page
Title Page
Copyright Page
Contents
Introduction: Awakenings
Chapter 1. The First Film, The Last Generation
Chapter 2. Laughing with the Camera
Chapter 3. Social Editing and Screening
Chapter 4. Fires, Tires, and Paper
Chapter 5. After-Images
Chapter 6. The Visibility Paradox
Conclusion: Twilights
Acknowledgments
Notes
Bibliography
Filmography
Index
Author Biography.
Notes:
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ISBN:
1-4529-7335-0
OCLC:
1515460058

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