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Loved Up – Yellow Fella (2005)

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clip Blackfella church education content clip 1

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Clip description

Tommy E Lewis talks about Frog Dreaming, and becomes passionate about the Dreaming as a religious belief, and the sacrilege committed by Western culture in their destruction of the land. Tommy arrives at Tennant Creek.

Curator’s notes

Tommy E Lewis is a man dealing with two cultural beliefs that are in constant conflict. The intensity of the journey Tommy is on is evoked through director Ivan Sen’s beautiful visuals. Sen allows moments of quiet, space and simplicity to communicate the emotional power of the Lewis’s personal journey.