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Michael Edols Michael Edols i(A116394 works by)
Born: Established: 1942 Borneo, Southeast Asia, South and East Asia, Asia, ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 form y separately published work icon When the Snake Bites the Sun John Lind , Les McLaren , ( dir. Michael Edols ) Lindfield : Film Australia , 1986 Z1921359 1986 single work film/TV 'A compelling account of the return by a group of dispossessed Aboriginal people to their ancient tribal grounds in the Northern outreaches of this continent. This highly provocative cinema verité work shows the rebuilding of relationships through a shared pilgrimage to ancestral lands and a traditional Aboriginal ceremony, despite occasional failures of cross-cultural communication. It reflects a community in transition through the journey of a family, especially the sole remaining custodian of that spirit country Amy Peters, and also Shirley the daughter of Sam Woolagoodja. Shirley sixteen years previously had taken her baby daughter to be purified ceremonially in a traditional ritual in the film LALAI DREAMTIME. This event on film created a unique bond between daughter, grand-daughter, grandfather and aunts right in the middle of their spirit country.' (Source: Ronin Films website www.roninfilms.com.au)
1 2 form y separately published work icon Lalai Dreamtime Sam Woolagoodjah , ( dir. Michael Edols ) Sydney : Michael Edols Films , 1975 Z1510433 1975 single work film/TV

Lalai Dreamtime explores the passing on of traditional wisdom, as an old man takes his son to a sacred place to explain about their ancestors, the "Wandjinas," and outline their mythical foundations. It also shows the traditional life of the Worora tribe.

Filmmaker Michael Edols encouraged Sam Woolagoodjah and his family to return (after thirty years' absence) to their Worora tribal lands and to re-enact for the camera some of their sacred dreaming stories and traditional ways.

1 2 form y separately published work icon Floating This Time Floating... like wind blow'em about Michael Edols , ( dir. Michael Edols ) Milsons Point : Michael Edols Films , 1975 Z1510422 1975 single work film/TV

One of two documentaries that reflect both the Aboriginal way of life as it was before white man's interference and how white civilisation has been accepted into Aboriginal culture.

The first film, Lalai Dreamtime, deals with the Dreamtime and the tribal traditions of the Worora people of the Northern Kimberleys, reflected in their mythology. In Floating This Time, Woolagoodjah further develops the theme of Aboriginal tradition, this time as it interacts with European culture.

2 1 Lalai (Dreamtime) i "Dreamtime,", Michael Silverstein , Sam Woolagoodjah , Andrew Huntley (translator), Sydney : Aboriginal Arts Board , 1975 Z1510410 1975 single work poetry
— Appears in: Anthology of Australian Religious Poetry 1986; (p. 196-200) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1986; (p. 1-5) Ariel , April vol. 19 no. 2 1988; (p. 47-52) The New Oxford Book of Australian Verse 1996; (p. 1-5) Wisdom from the Earth : The Living Legacy of the Aboriginal Dreamtime 1998; (p. 56-57)
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