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The pilot's funeral
Title
The pilot's funeral [electronic resource] / directed by Rose Hesp.
Published
Canberra, Australian Capital Territory : National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, 2011.
Physical Description
1 online resource (27 min.).
Local Notes
Access is available to the Yale community.
Notes
Title from resource description page (viewed December 5, 2014).
In English and Yolngu with English subtitles.
Access and use
Access restricted by licensing agreement.
Summary
When Adrian Wagg arrived in Arnhem Land in the 1970s, he fell in love with the place and its people, helping the Yolngu to build homes on their ancestral lands and establish their own airline. This moving documentary recounts the life of this gentle giant of a man. But more than this, it tells of the extraordinary ten-day funeral that followed his tragic death in a helicopter accident. Not performed since the arrival of missionaries in the 1930s, the traditional Yolngu ceremony celebrates a remarkable bond, connecting black and white, people and land, past and future.
Variant and related titles
Ethnographic video online. Vol. 3.
Other formats
Previously released as DVD.
Original
Format
Images / Online / Video & Film
Language
English; Australian languages
Added to Catalog
May 13, 2019
Subjects
Genre/Form
Documentary films.
Also listed under
Film Australia (Organization)
National Film and Sound Archive (Australia)
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