| Description |
2 videodisc (DVD)s (240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + study guide (8 leaves) |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Episode 1. Alinta : the flame (1824) / directed by James Ricketson ; Episode 2. Maydina : the shadow (1895) / directed by David Stevens -- Disc 2. Ep. 3. Nerida Anderson (1939) / directed by Stephen Wallace ; Ep. 4. Lo-arna (1982) / directed by Geoffrey Nottage |
| Summary |
"Comprising four separate one-hour episodes, 'Women of the sun' examines the lives of four Aboriginal women. The first story is set in the 1820s, the second the 1890s, the third the 1930s and the last the 1980s." -- Case-slip |
| Notes |
Originally released in 1981 |
| Credits |
Story and script, Hyllus Maris, Sonia Borg; supervising editor, Edward McQueen-Mason |
| Cast |
Naykalan Munung, Yangathu Wanambi, Gordon Lanyipi, William Zappa |
| Notes |
Originally braodcast as a television drama series Australia : Generation Films, c1981 |
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DVD ; All Region |
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Aboriginal dialogue has English subtitles |
| Subject |
Aboriginal Australians -- History.
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Women, Aboriginal Australian.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions.
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| SUBJECT |
Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- History -- 19th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006167 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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Australia -- Race relations http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2007100476 -- History -- 20th century http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2002006165 -- Drama.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001612
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| Genre/Form |
DVD-Video discs
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Author |
Weis, Bob
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Nottage, Geoffrey.
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Maris, Hyllus.
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Borg, Sonia.
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MacQueen-Mason, Edward
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Ronin Films.
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