Message from Mungo
Repatriation is one of the most important social issues for Indigenous communities around the world.
2014 en 70 minutes
Rating: 7
Plot
Lake Mungo is an ancient Pleistocene lake-bed in south-western New South Wales, and is one of the world’s richest archaeological sites. Message from Mungo focuses on the interface over the last 40 years between the scientists on one hand, and, on the other, the Indigenous communities who identify with the land and with the human remains revealed at the site. This interface has often been deeply troubled and contentious, but within the conflict and its gradual resolution lies a moving story of the progressive empowerment of the traditional custodians of the area.
Trailer
Cast
Alice Kelly
Herself
Tibby Briar
Herself
Alice Bugmy
Herself
Isabel McBryde
Herself
