Benny and the Dreamers

Clip 3: Path to progress

3 min 0 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

After black-and-white footage of Pintubi people, Smithy Zimeran Tjampitjinpa recalls being moved to Papunya. Yuyua Nampitjinpa talks about her experience in the mission school.

Curator’s notes

Pintubi people tell us about their experience in the mission schools, and how the strange ways of the white fellas scared them.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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