Mimi
Clip 2: Non refundable
0 min 51 sec
Taken from the short film Mimi (2002)
Original title classification M – this clip chosen to be PG
Availability of the complete title
Please be aware that this clip may contain the names, images and voices of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who may now be deceased.
Curator’s clip description
Catherine (Sophie Lee) is telling her friend about her investments. She goes to get the pieces from out of the cupboard. The painting of the barramundi is now a merely skeleton of its former self. Somehow the rest of the painting has disappeared.
Curator’s notes
This clip emphasises the Catherine’s ignorance in regard to not only Indigenous art, but also the historical, cultural and artistic significance of the pieces. Mimis, for example, are incredibly sacred and powerful beings, and yet Catherine is absolutely oblivious to their Indigenous cultural significance.
Romaine Moreton, curator
have teachers’ notes.
