Cool Drink and Culture

Clip 1: Looking for wild honey

2 min 54 sec

Taken from the documentary Cool Drink and Culture (2006)

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

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Curator’s clip description

A car drives into Mt Liebig. The young woman talks about Mt Liebig and how it is ‘a good and strong place’. Shots of the residential area of Mt Liebig. A map shows the location of Mt Liebig in proximity to Alice Springs. We meet some of the main characters through whose eyes we are introduced to Mt Liebig: 24-year-old Evelyn Morgan tells us about her life in Mt Liebig; Janelle Eggley is 20 years old and works in aged care; Vivianne Minor talks about looking for wild honey and other bush food.

Curator’s notes

Filmmaker Sonja Dare has chosen young women to speak about their experience of living in Mt Liebig. Each character speaks about a different aspect of living in Mt Liebig.

Romaine Moreton, curator

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