Benny and the Dreamers

Clip 2: Creation

2 min 59 sec

Taken from the documentary Benny and the Dreamers (1992)

Original title classification not known – this clip chosen to be G

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Curator’s clip description

Benny Tjapaltarri and Mick Ngamurarri tell us the significance of the Dreaming, and how the Dreaming ancestors created the landscape.

Curator’s notes

Benny Tjapaltarri and Mick Ngamurarri were dissatisfied with Western religion and left the mission and returned to their land and their religion – the Dreaming. In this clip, the elders explain to us the importance of the Dreaming and the Creation.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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