Cat. No. DVDMBR 1812: JEDDA ~ NGARLA KUNOTH / ROBERT TUDAWALI / BETTY SUTTOR / PAUL REYNELL. UMBRELLA DAVID3325.
FORMAT: PAL REGION: A, B, C.
COLOUR RUNNING TIME: 90 MINS.
REVIEW: CHARLES CHAUVEL’S LANDMARK 1955 FILM JEDDA IS AN AUSTRALIAN CINEMA CLASSIC EXPLORING A COMPLEX STORY OF CULTURAL IDENTITY, SET GAINST THE HARSH NATURAL, SURROUNDS OF OUTBACK NORTHERN TERRITORY. JEDDA CAPTURES A RARE AND HONEST GLIMPSE INTO THE HEART AND HISTORY OF INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIA.
When an aboriginal woman dies in childbirth, the baby is raised by Sarah (Betty Suttor) the wife of station owner Doug McMann (George Simpson-Lyttle). Doing the best to assimilate the child into white society, young Jedda is caught between two cultures – forbidden from learning about her indigenous heritage and never fully accepted by the other. As a teenager, Jedda (Ngarla Kunoth) is drawn to a mysterious newcomer called Marbuck (Robert Tudawali), a tribal man in search of work their destiny is set to become an echo through the ages.
A dramatic, sun scorched vision of the landscape and its people, Charles Chauvel’s final feature film was not only the first colour feature film to be made in Australia but was nominated for the inaugural Palme d’Or at the prestigious Cannes Film Festival.
SPECIAL FEATURES: *The Big Picture - Featurette on Charles Chauvel (74 mins) *Screen Tests *Short Film featuring Charles Chauvel *Trailer *Stills Gallery *Jedda Screen tests (silent)
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WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this video may contain images, voices and videos of deceased persons. Users are warned that there may be words and descriptions that may be culturally sensitive and which might not normally be used in certain public or community contexts. Terms and annotations that reflect the attitude of the author or the period in which the item was written, may be considered inappropriate today.
