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Dena Napuljarri Curtis Dena Napuljarri Curtis i(A91251 works by)
Born: Established: Darwin, Darwin area, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal ; Aboriginal Warlpiri ; Aboriginal Arrernte ; Aboriginal Warumungu
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1 3 form y separately published work icon 8MMM Aboriginal Radio Sonja Dare , Tricia Morton-Thomas , Danielle Maclean , ( dir. Dena Napuljarri Curtis et. al. )agent 2014 Northern Territory : Brindle Films , 2014 7504875 2014 series - publisher film/TV humour

'8MMM Aboriginal Radio in Alice Springs runs on the smell of an oily rag, the enthusiasm of its motley Indigenous crew and the misguided intentions of the whitefellas in charge. For the 3M's of Alice Springs - the missionaries, mercenaries and misfits - saving Aboriginal people from themselves is hard work. Especially Aboriginal people who expect to be heard on the radio and in the office. Princess Pictures and Brindle Films bravely step into the vortex of Aboriginal Australia, where truth and comedy collide.' (Production summary)
1 form y separately published work icon Jacob Dena Napuljarri Curtis , ( dir. Dena Napuljarri Curtis ) Blackfella Films , 2009 Z1594496 2009 single work film/TV

Set in the 1940s, Jacob tells how the joy of a young boy's birth quickly disintegrates for both the mother, Gina, and father, Max, when his fair skin reveals a rape by a white man.

1 form y separately published work icon Hush Dena Napuljarri Curtis , ( dir. Dena Napuljarri Curtis ) Australia : Scarlett Pictures , 2007 7228717 2007 single work film/TV

'Ethel and her friend Mary resort to an unlikely occupation at night to top up their pensions. Ethel's daughter is horrified when she discovers they are not really 'playing cards'.'

Source: Screen Australia. (Sighted: 9/4/2014)
1 Jurnkurakurr i "Men hunted,", Rebecca Naburrula McAuliffe , Dena Napuljarri Curtis , 1997 single work poetry
— Appears in: Message Stick : Contemporary Aboriginal Writing 1997; (p. 38-39)
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