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Mushrooms – we put them on our pizza and steaks and in our soups and salads, we marvel at their variety and are sometimes repelled by their grotesque beauty when encountering them in the bush. And yeah, some have even sampled their more exotic possibilities and asked the question: “Do mushrooms come from a far away planet?” Still, others have asked: “Can mushrooms save the planet?” The world of fungi and their integral relationship with...
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David Tranter continues his series of outstanding films which document the Dreaming stories and history of his Alyawarr heritage. As in Tranters other films - Boomerang Today, Crookhat and Camphoo, Karlu Karlu and Willaberta Jack - the stories are told by Elders in the community. In this case three old men, Donald (Crookhat) Akemarr Thompson, Alec Apetyarr Peterson and Casey Akemarr Holmes travel by four-wheel drive out to a surprising strip of...
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Widi's new baby sister only stops crying if she has Widi's warrior doll, but Widi runs away with it. Frog finds him and tells him a story about sacrifice.
Raven Tales chronicles the wild and wacky adventures of Raven, the most powerful and trickiest trouble-maker of First Nation's folklore.
Join Raven, Eagle and Frog and their new friends the First People in the land before time. Raven Tales: Baby Blues is the seventeenth episode of this series...
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In this episode, Eagle (Ian Reid) tells the children a story of the creation time when he and Raven (Dr. Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) are still young and the world is new. One day, the Great Spirit comes to visit and asks the brothers to fly him over the world he has created. According to Eagle, the Great Spirit rewards his service with a crown of white feathers on his head, but Raven remembers a different story and tells the children what really happened...
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After the village of the First People is devastated by the great flood, the Kulos, Sea Wolf, and Dzunakwa join the animals to help the people rebuild.
The First People return to their village, which has been destroyed by the great flood. They struggle to work, but days go by but they make little progress by themselves. Frog suggests that they look to their friends for help. Sure enough, the Kulos, Sea Wolf and Dzunakwa join the animals to help the...
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Join Raven, Eagle and Frog and their new friends the first people in the land before time. Raven Tales: Dream, Dream, Dream is the fourteenth episode of this series of animated television programs based upon the multiple award-winning animated film, Raven Tales: How Raven Stole the Sun. Raven tales chronicles the wild and wacky adventures of Raven, the most powerful and trickiest trouble-maker of First Nation's folklore. In this episode, Gwayum is...
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A compelling account of the return by a group of dispossessed Aboriginal people to their ancient tribal grounds in the Northern outreaches of this continent. This highly provocative cinema verité work shows the rebuilding of relationships through a shared pilgrimage to ancestral lands and a traditional Aboriginal ceremony, despite occasional failures of cross-cultural communication. It reflects a community in transition through the journey of a...
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In a big abandoned house on a barren hill lives a skull. A brave girl named Otilla has escaped from terrible danger and run away, and when she finds herself lost in the dark forest, the lonely house beckons. Her host, the skull, is afraid of something too, something that comes every night. Can brave Otilla save them both? Steeped in shadows and threaded with subtle wit, The Skull is as empowering as it is mysterious and foreboding.
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Tnorala is the Aboriginal name for Gosse's Bluff, a dramatic meteorite impact crater set in a vast plain 175km west of Alice Springs. This significant dreaming site for Western Arrernte people is steeped in mystery and tragedy. The story of its creation and the events that occurred there are narrated to the camera by Aunty Mavis Malbunka, one of the traditional story-tellers for the place. Legend says that while stars danced in the Milky Way, a child...
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In this episode, Qos asks Raven (Dr. Evan Adams, Smoke Signals) to help him win the heart of Igis, a young woman who is too vain to love anyone but herself. Raven asks Qos to collect the snow from Igis's footprints, a tuft of her hair, and some of her old clothes to build a snowman. With a puff of his breath, Raven brings the snowman to life and names him Moowis, telling Qos that it will teach Igis the true meaning of love. But Qos is shocked when...
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