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In 1964, Yuwali was 17 when her first contact with whitefellas was filmed. CONTACT is her story and it brings together two vastly different civilisations - the last remnant group of Aboriginals still living traditionally in Australia’s Great Sandy Desert...and Space Rocket Research. Set against the countdown to the launch of the Blue Streak rocket test, authorities are sent to clear the potential crash zone of inhabitants and capture their extraordinary first meeting with Yuwali’s group in 16mm colour film. Yuwali’s is probably the fullest and most revealing account ever caught on film, of the ‘first contact’ experience. Now 62, Yuwali is a natural storyteller, who gives a riveting personal account of her first contact with the twentieth century and the moment in time when she made the giant leap of faith from a subsistence lifestyle to cars, fresh-baked bread and space travel. (ABC TV) |
