Where The Dreamings Come From

Directed by MATTHEW DEAVIN

Australia, 2022
Documentary

An Indigenous school community visits their ancestral homeland, where elders share the dreamings of their ancestors to the younger generation.

 

Read the director’s statement below to learn more about the film.

 
 

MATTHEW DEAVIN


Director’s Statement

MATTHEW Last year, myself and Jayden O'Neill (the project’s camera assistant and photographer) got the opportunity to document the Areyonga School's annual country trip to Mutitjulu. The community - elders and kids alike - were so warm, welcoming and always ready for a laugh. From digging for honey ants (which were amazingly delicious), sitting around the fire eating Kangaroo tail and listening to dreamtime stories, with the week culminating in an Inma ceremony, I'll always be thankful for this experience. To be there with the kids as they learnt from the elders felt really special.​​

Tags Cinematography Documentary Family Landscape


The founder of Hommage, Mark Shaba published this review on 15.03.2023. Mark is a filmmaker from Victoria, Australia. He respectfully acknowledges the past and present traditional owners of the land on which he creates, promotes and screens art, the Wurundjeri people of the Kulin nation who are the custodians.

 
 

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