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Note: with DJ and musician Kruen aka Curtis Kennedy
Issue Details: First known date: 2016... 2016 My Grandmother's Lingo
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'My Grandmother’s Lingo – a new interactive animation tells the personal story of Angelina Joshua, a young Aboriginal woman dedicated to preserving her endangered Indigenous language. It highlights the plight of Indigenous languages by exploring Aboriginal culture and the endangered Aboriginal language of Marra.' (Source: SBS website)

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Notes

  • 'To complement the interactive animation, SBS Learn has produced a schools education pack encouraging teachers and students to engage with Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages. Aimed at years 7+, the pack features engaging classroom activities linked to the Media Arts curriculum and the newly released Framework for Aboriginal Languages and Torres Strait Islander Languages.'

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

Language: Aboriginal Mara AIATSIS ref. (N112) (NT SD53-11)
Link: Web Resource Sighted: 11/10/2016
      2016 .
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Works about this Work

Reading and Viewing : [Indigenous Texts for Year 7 - 10] Deborah McPherson , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 54 no. 1 2019; (p. 76-82)
Documentary Wins Award 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 September no. 660 2017; (p. 17)

'My Grandmother's Lingo, a documentary narrated in the endangered Marra language, has won a Best Use of Digital Media award. The award was presented recently at the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams.'
Taking Indigenous Languages Online: Can They Be Seen, Heard and Saved? Greg Dickson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 October 2016; 'With our digital world dominated by English, minority and endangered languages struggle to be seen and heard. A new interactive documentary launched online today by SBS, My Grandmother’s Lingo, attempts to add one more language to the mix and raise awareness of the plight of small languages. ...'
Taking Indigenous Languages Online: Can They Be Seen, Heard and Saved? Greg Dickson , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 6 October 2016; 'With our digital world dominated by English, minority and endangered languages struggle to be seen and heard. A new interactive documentary launched online today by SBS, My Grandmother’s Lingo, attempts to add one more language to the mix and raise awareness of the plight of small languages. ...'
Documentary Wins Award 2017 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 20 September no. 660 2017; (p. 17)

'My Grandmother's Lingo, a documentary narrated in the endangered Marra language, has won a Best Use of Digital Media award. The award was presented recently at the NSW Minister for Multiculturalism Ray Williams.'
Reading and Viewing : [Indigenous Texts for Year 7 - 10] Deborah McPherson , 2019 single work criticism
— Appears in: English in Australia , vol. 54 no. 1 2019; (p. 76-82)
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Awards

2017 winner The Webby Awards for Best Use of Interactive Video
2016 shortlisted Walkley Award — Multimedia Storytelling
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Last amended 14 Dec 2018 07:45:07
Subjects:
  • Aboriginal Mara AIATSIS ref. (N112) (NT SD53-11) language
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