In the middle of the Central Australian Outback stands a church that is like no other in the world.
The Santa Teresa church, in Ltyentye Apurte Aboriginal Community, one hour south of Alice Springs, is an extraordinarily beautiful church with walls that are painted with vibrant portraits and landscapes.
Agnes Palmer, an Arrente woman, looked at the bare walls of her church and was divinely inspired, she listened to the spirit people that look after the land and also worked for God.
This documentary explores the spiritual project led by Agnes and coordinated by Cait Wait, with many local Aboriginal women, to paint the walls of the church from the floor to the ceiling.
“You must be crazy!”
In 1942 at the age of 5 Frank Byrnes was taken from his mother and sent to Moola Bulla training station. At the same time his mother went into a deep depression a direct result of the loss of her child. The authorities sent her to the Claremont Mental Asylum where she remained until her death in 1962. Mother and son never saw each other again.
Two old man, Alyawarra elders who are master spear makers, share their cultural knowledge on a journey through the red sand and spinifex of their country, unravelling the secrets of an ancient craft and its relationship to their heritage.
This is the story of the campaign by Aboriginal people of Central Australia to protect land, animals and dreaming stories at two proposed uranium dump sites. Both proposed sites have aboriginal communities living within 10km of the sites (one is 40km from Alice Springs – one is 100 km).
Noodlers are people who sift through miners’ scrap heaps in order to find opals. In Coober Pedy, South Australia, we meet Mr Norman Hayes Jagamarra.
”You go out there and you ride time like nobody’s rode time before”.
The Merrepen palm tree is a life source for the people of the Daly River region. On this adventure you will discover the colourful and humorous character of various Aboriginal ladies from the Nauiya community on the Daly River.
”I’m not black, I’m not white, I’m a yellow fella and I’m gonna stay that way”.
The descendants of a great Aboriginal leader tell an inspiring story of two laws, two cultures and two families coming to terms with the past.
An observational documentary about the making of a number seven boomerang by four senior traditional men from Central Australia.
The Battle for Native Title (handing back of land to traditional owners) has been won. Arrernte people have been recognised as Mparntwe’s (Alice Springs) first inhabitants. The proof of continued occupation rested with their sacred sites still under threat. This documentary explores the continuous struggle by Central Australia’s Arrernte people to maintain their sacred sites and stop the expansion of Alice Springs from swallowing them up.