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- Year of completion
- 2009
- Content type
- Documentary
- Format
- Short
- Genre
- History
- Duration
- 55 minutes
- Production Status
- Completed
Synopsis
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.
Cast and Crew
Director of Photography
Bentley DeanCast
Yuwali, Bob TonkinsonScreen Australia Supported
Production
Awards
2009 — Australian Screen Sound Guild
2010 — Australian Film Institute
2009 — Australian Directors Guild Ltd
2009 — The Sydney Film Festival
Screenings
Production Company
Contact Films Pty LimitedPhotography
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