Australian Institute of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Studies (AIATSIS)

Putuparri and the rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture, life and law, Sandy Toussaint

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Putuparri and the rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture, life and law, Sandy Toussaint
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Putuparri and the rainmakers is a stunning story of Aboriginal culture, life and law
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Sandy Toussaint
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Discusses the documentary film 'Putuparri and the Rainmakers' (2015); courage of Putuparri Tom Lawford, a Kimberley Wangkajunga man whose determined love of family, culture and traditional lands takes him on a hard yet profoundly rewarding journey back to his desert home; directed by Chinese-born film director Nicole Ma, filming took place over a decade moving between different worlds Putupparri Tom Lanwford inhabits; film shows artists and claimants working collaboratively on distinctive painting of Ngurrara Canvas
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