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CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
CONTACT (Doco Prize)
In 1964 Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. Now 62 she tells the story behind this extraordinary footage. Australian Documentary Prize contender.
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CONTACT (Doco Prize)

In 1964 the traditional ways of a group of 20 Martu people came to an abrupt end, when patrol officers from the Weapons Research Establishment entered their country to clear the area for a major series of rocket tests launched from Woomera. As former patrol officer Terry Long comments, they didn’t expect to find anyone there. Yuwali, 17 at the time, recalls every detail of her first sighting of whitefellas and their ‘rocks that moved’ (cars). The story of this historic encounter and the removal of the Martu from their country is recounted by Yuwali and other witnesses, interspersed with the immensely poignant moving images taken at the time, and with contemporary footage of Yuwali’s return to her Western Desert homeland. JN
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CONTACT (Doco Prize)
Directed by
Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Screenwriter
Bentley Dean, Martin Butler
Produced by
Martin Butler, Bentley Dean
Country
Australia
Language
English, Martu
Running time
80 mins.
Rating
18+
Type
Documentary
Genre
Historical
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2009 FOXTEL Australian Documentary Prize

All current Australian content screening in the Sydney Film Festival is eligible for the 2009 Inside Film Awards. You can register your score by completing The Showtime Audience Awards voting slips during the festival or logging on to www.ifawards.com

Session times
Thursday 4 June 2009
08:00 PM
Greater Union George Street - GU - Cinema 8
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