Echoes of Tradition: Paul Damien Williams' Elegy for Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu

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SKU:
03549-M197
Content Type:
Feature Documentary
Year Levels:
7-12
Learning Areas:
English
Learning Areas:
Media Arts
Learning Areas:
Health and Physical Education
Learning Areas:
HASS (History)
Key Themes:
Culture, Identity & Yolŋu Heritage, Music as Universal Communication, Disability, Ability & Perception, Respect, Dignity & Cultural Protocol, Tension Between Culture & the Western Music Industry, Legacy & Representation
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Product Overview

Gurrumul is a sensitive, sagacious account of the life of the titular singer/songwriter – the most commercially successful Aboriginal musician to date, whose career spanned numerous tours and garnered international acclaim. Felicity Ford recounts the journey of both the documentary and its subject, and expounds on the ongoing resonance of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu's work as a conduit for the preservation of Yolngu culture.

Additional keywords:
Indigenous, Mark Grose, Michael Hohnen, Skinnyfish Music, Elcho Island, Arnhem Land, world music, ARIA.