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form y separately published work icon Shifting Sands series - publisher   film/TV  
Is part of Dreaming in Motion : Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers Australian Film Commission , 2007 reference non-fiction
Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Shifting Sands
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'Films developed and produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission.' (Source: Dreaming in Motion: Celebrating Australia's Indigenous Filmmakers, 2007, p68)

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form y separately published work icon My Colour, Your Kind Danielle Maclean , Danielle Maclean (director), Alice Springs Canberra : CAAMA Productions Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587107 1998 single work film/TV

When under threat of having their children stolen by authorities, Indigenous mothers resorted to darkening their fair-skinned children with mud and charcoal. In this short film, the mother of an albino Aboriginal girl tries to disguise her child but to no avail. After the girl has been taken from her family, she flees the convent and attempts to return home.

Source: Australian Screen.

Alice Springs Canberra : CAAMA Productions Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998
form y separately published work icon Promise Mitch Torres (director), Sydney Canberra : Core Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587364 1998 single work film/TV A Grandmother shares her memories of her 'promise' marriage with her granddaughter. Sydney Canberra : Core Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998
form y separately published work icon Shifting Sands - Grace Grace Wesley Enoch (director), Wynnum Canberra : Crow Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587410 1998 single work film/TV

After the death of her sister, an Indigenous Australian woman travels to her hometown to pay her last respects.

Wynnum Canberra : Crow Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998
form y separately published work icon My Bed Your Bed Erica Glynn (director), Alice Springs Canberra : Chili Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587486 1998 single work film/TV

In an isolated desert community, Della and Alvin are promised under the traditional laws of marriage. Their time has come. They move in together. One house, two swags, a guitar ... no idea.

Alice Springs Canberra : Chili Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998
form y separately published work icon Passing Through Mark Olive , Earlwood : Green Island Films , 1998 Z1587527 1998 single work film/TV

An Aboriginal family stops for a quick break in a deserted town, not realising till later that some things are not always what they seem.

Earlwood : Green Island Films , 1998
form y separately published work icon Tears Ivan Sen (director), Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587753 1998 single work film/TV

Two Aboriginal teenagers are leaving their mission.

Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998

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