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Overview
When Geraldine Kawanka’s husband died, she and her children left their house at Aurukun on Cape York Peninsula. In earlier times a bark house would have been burnt, but today a ‘house-opening’ ceremony — creatively mingling Aboriginal, Torres Strait and European elements — has evolved to deal with death in the midst of new living patterns. Although sometimes suggesting a party, its underlying purpose is serious. This film records the opening of the house and Geraldine’s feelings about it in her informative and personal commentary.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- January 1, 1980
- Original language
- English
- Countries
- Australia
- Director
- Judith MacDougall
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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