Aborigines of the Sea Coast
MovieTitle | Aborigines of the Sea Coast |
User score | 0 |
Release date | Dec 31, 1948 |
Genre | Documentary |
Director | Charles Mountford |
Production country | Australia |
Production companies | Australian National Film Board, Commonwealth Department of the Interior, Australian News and Information Bureau |
Run time | 19 min. |
The coast of Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory has been the home of Aboriginal people for many many centuries. Some still live a traditional lifestyle. This film is a record of a 1948 expedition to Arnhem Land led by anthropologist Charles Mountford. It depicts the ancestral fishing, hunting, building and boatmaking techniques used by the communities of the region.