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CONTACT is constructed around one of the most extraordinary pieces of footage in Australian history; the moment in 1964 where a group of 20 Martu women and children walked out of the Great Sandy Desert into a new universe of European modernity. The event was only captured on film because scientists were testing the Blue Streak Rocket in the desert at the time. Many of the players on both sides are alive to recreate and tell their story.

www.abc.net.au/tv/geo/documentaries/interactive/contact/

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Crew

Director
Martin Butler  Bentley Dean
Writers
Martin Butler  Bentley Dean
Producer
Bentley Dean  Martin Butler
Dir. of Photography:
Bentley Dean

Cast

Cast
Yuwali - Bob Tonkinson

Production Details

Genre
History and national identity
Production Company
Contact Films Pty Limited
International Sales
Bentley Dean  Martin Butler

Screen Australia Supported

  • Production support

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