Australian Screen

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Titles tagged with ‘Torres Strait Islanders’

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Island Fettlers documentary – 2006

In the 1960s, Torres Strait Islander men moved to the Pilbara for work and stayed on. Island Fettlers starkly contrasts two cultures – visually, physically and aurally.

Tombstone Unveiling documentary – 2000

In Torres Strait Islander culture, unveiling the tombstone of the deceased a year after death marks the end of the mourning period.