Clip description
Interspersed with shots of Areyonga community, Frank Djara tells how he communicated health issues through painting, and by talking about sickness to his people.
Curator’s notes
The issue of Indigenous health is an important one and people like Frank Djara assist in the ongoing documentation of health problems experienced by Indigenous communities, remote and otherwise. The shots of the streets of Areyonga seem to reinforce the isolation of the community, the foreignness of treating sickness with Western medicine, and the need for Frank and other patients to go into cities to receive treatments such as dialysis. The filmmakers use place – shots of buildings and country – to reinforce the issue of cultural translation that is required in order to administer appropriate healthcare.