a very short film

in the dreaming...

Arnhemland    

Northern Territory, Australia,........ Aboriginal lands

back of beyond ...beyond the black stump....out in woop woop ....lost in the never never...

always wanted to go there ...the land that time forgot .....

not easy 

need permits and excellent guides

 

 

in the dreaming...

stories...

stories....

laws for how to live 

menu......dedicating images to spirits of animals killed and eaten

handprints ...."danger ...dont go there"

mimi spirits ...

ancestors bones

white fella ..always hands in pockets .....havent seen that before

strange those white fellas

a poem

"these days, ....my days ....easy ...you break law ... you get spear in the leg

and 5 years banish from community ...

easy

old times 

my ancestors time ... 

6 feet under ...

eaten by ants ...

these days,..... my days .... more easy .....you break law...

spear in the leg ...

you understand ..?"

Tommo      ( June 2010 )