This program is a comprehensive, sensitive and accessible examination of modern indigenous culture and identity. Like everything in society, Aboriginal culture has the right to reinvent and transform itself and still maintain its authenticity and originality within a cultural context. Aboriginal culture is not frozen in time and Aboriginal people in contemporary times still have a dynamic relationship to their Dreaming. This program meets a variety of indigenous Australians and witnesses their expressions in art and achievements in sport which still maintain all the integrity, authenticity and connectedness to a culture which continues to survive a barrage of external cultural influences.
This program is a comprehensive, sensitive and accessible examination of modern indigenous culture and identity. Like everything in society, Aboriginal culture has the right to reinvent and transform itself and still maintain its authenticity and originality within a cultural context. Aboriginal culture is not frozen in time and Aboriginal people in contemporary times still have a dynamic relationship to their Dreaming. This program meets a variety of indigenous Australians and witnesses their expressions in art and achievements in sport which still maintain all the integrity, authenticity and connectedness to a culture which continues to survive a barrage of external cultural influences.
General Note
Originally released by Video Education America (VEA), 2008.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on January 19, 2017.
Content Note
Modern Indigenous Culture: Introduction (1:20); --Migration and Pre-History (6:23); -- Cultural Expression and Language: Part One (3:12); -- Cultural Expression and Language: Part Two (4:29); -- Visual Arts: Part One (4:12); -- Visual Arts: Part Two (2:36); -- Performing Arts: Part One (2:56); -- Performing Arts: Part Two (3:24); -- Sport (4:39); -- Credits: Modern Indigenous Culture (1:45); .