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The Djarn Djarns (2005)

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clip Shake a leg

Original classification rating: PG. This clip chosen to be PG

Clip description

Flashback, Franky and his father are sitting on the river bank, fishing lines cast into the river. Returning to the present, the Djarn Djarns dancers are walking towards the stage with the focused gaze of seasoned professionals.

Curator’s notes

by Romaine Moreton

A wonderful use of music to capture the focus of the young dance group, paralleling the troupe’s high energy with a contact sport, which perhaps can be attributed to the fact that the director in his own words ‘grew up on team sports’.

This characteristic is the most wonderful aspect of The Djarn Djarns, where we see enthusiasm and pride popularly associated with sports expressed by the young character’s love of culture and dance. Given this, The Djarn Djarns is very much a comment on the state of the arts and the potential role it plays in the lives of Indigenous young people who are wanting to strengthen cultural identity.

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