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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.
Completion Year
2009
Genres
History
Format
Short
Production Status
Completed

Cast and Crew

Producer

Martin Butler, Bentley Dean

Director

Bentley Dean, Martin Butler

International Sales Contact

Bentley Dean, Martin Butler

Writer

Martin Butler, Bentley Dean

Director of Photography

Bentley Dean

Cast

Yuwali, Bob Tonkinson

Screen Australia Supported

  • Production

Awards

2009 — Australian Screen Sound Guild – Best Sound

2010 — Australian Film Institute – Best Feature Length Documentary

2009 — Australian Directors Guild Ltd – Best Direction Documentary (Stand Alone)

2009 — The Sydney Film Festival – Foxtel Australian Documentary Prize (joint award with A Good Man)

Screenings

2009 — International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam

2009 — The Sydney Film Festival

Production Company

Contact Films Pty Limited

Photography

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