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Article: FACE-LIFTING THE STONE AGE.
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- Quadrant
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- October 1, 2000
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THE MIDDLE CLASSES AND THE CULTURE CULT
WHEN I FIRST came to Australia it was to do some camerawork in the Northern Territory. A number of enlightened people led by W.E.H. Stanner and W.C. Wentworth had seen the importance of recording traditional Aboriginal culture; a special instrument for this purpose had been established named the Australian Institute of Aboriginal Studies; and one of its tasks was to document on film important aspects of the old-time way of life. Trained in cinematography in the USA, I arrived to take up a position as documentary filmmaker to the Institute late in 1965.
The next seven years were busy. Working in Arnhem Land I filmed ...