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Shocked at the extent of child abuse in Aboriginal communities, the Australian government in 2007 declared the situation a national emergency and ordered the military to intervene. Control was seized of 73 communities that had been under indigenous rule, bans on alcohol and pornography put in place, and a complex system of welfare payments was instituted that sometimes left recipients without funds - and with their self-esteem in tatters. This program...
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Savor a taste of wild Australia! This program will extend students' knowledge, cultural awareness, and understanding as it explores the relatively recent culinary move toward Australian bush food. It looks at the different fruits, herbs, and spices that have been part of the Australian Aboriginal diet for thousands of years, explains traditional uses of some indigenous foods, and shows how some cooks are combining them into modern meals. A native...
3) Utopia
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Utopia is an epic production by the Emmy and BAFTA winning film-maker and journalist John Pilger. Utopia is a vast region in northern Australia and home to the oldest human presence on earth. 'This film is a journey into that secret country,' says John Pilger in Utopia. 'It will describe not only the uniqueness of the first Australians, but their trail of tears and betrayal and resistance - from one utopia to another'. Pilger begins his journey...
4) Walkabout
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A young sister and brother are abandoned in the harsh Australian outback and must learn to exist in the natural world, without their usual comforts, in this hypnotic masterpiece. Along the way, they met a young aborigine on his 'walkabout, ' a rite of passage in which adolescent boys are initiated into manhood by journeying into the wilderness alone.