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Issue Details: First known date: 1998... 1998 Bush Mechanics
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Film Details - Film Australia ; Warlpiri Media Association ; ABC Television , 1998

Producers:

Executive producer: Stefan Moore.
Producer: Jennifer McMahon.

Production Companies:

'Film Australia in association with Warlpiri Media Association'.

Director of Photography:

David Batty.

Editors:

David Nixon.

Music:

Michael den Elzen.
Musicians: Alan Collins, Scotty Brown, Steven Brown, Liam Jarrah, Steven Hargreaves, Dylan Brown, Sebastian Poulson, Micah Hudson, Roy Bumble Bee, Jimmy Langdon, Donovan Rice, Esau Marshall, Gordon Robertson, Bill Davis, and Derek Williams.

Cast:

Including Simeon Jupurrula Ross, Steven Jupurrula Morton, Errol Jupurrula Nelson, Junior Jupurrula Wilson, Randall Jupurrula Wilson, Jack Jakamarra Ross, Francis Jupurrula Kelly, Walter Reichleitner, Harry Collins, Hugh Miller, Michael Morgan, Warren Japanganlea Williams, and Harry Japangardi Jones.

Release Dates:

September 2001 (Australia).

Location:

  • Northern Territory.

Awards:

  • Open Craft Award, AFI Awards, 1999 (awarded for the original concept).

Notes:

'Based on an original concept by Warlpiri Media Association'.
Translations: Valerie Martin, Cindy Gibson, Peter Bartlett, Neil White, Harry Collins, Francis Kelly, and Simeon Ross.

List of episodes:
1. Motorcar Ngutju (Good Motorcar)
2. Payback
3. The Chase
4. The Rainmakers

Settings:
  • Yuendumu, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory,
  • Australian Outback, Central Australia,
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