Bangana Wunungmurra (bahn-gahn-nah wuh-nung-moor-rah)
Yolngu filmmaker
IMAGE SOURCE: Jennifer Deger. “BarkTV: Portrait of an innovator” in “Imaging Identity: Media, memory and portraiture in the digital age.” Edited by Melinda Hinkson. | QUOTE SOURCE: Jennifer Deger. “Shimmering Screens.” U of Minnesota Press, 2006.
QUOTE CONTEXT: Referring to his contemplation of the Broadcasting for Remote Aboriginal Communities Scheme (BRACS), an effort to give Aboriginal people access to and control of their own media at a community level.
QUOTE QUESTION: What are your questions about the use of colonizer technology in service of your culture?
IMAGE CONTEXT: Bangana’s youngest daughter, Lay ‘pu, worked with author Jennifer Dager, to make a digital portrait of herself with her father in the months after his death.
IMAGE QUESTION: How do we honor our relationships with those who have died in ways that will endure?
MEDIA LITERACY CONTEXT: The quote and the image are from two books by a friend.
MEDIA LITERACY QUESTION: How do friendships help us to preserve relationships using media tools including books and film?
LEARN ABOUT BANGANA WUNUNGMURRA’S WORK AND LEGACY. READ THE BOOK, “SHIMMERING SCREENS: MAKING MEDIA IN AN ABORIGINAL COMMUNITY”
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