One of two documentaries that reflect both the Aboriginal way of life as it was before white man's interference and how white civilisation has been accepted into Aboriginal culture.
The first film, Lalai Dreamtime, deals with the Dreamtime and the tribal traditions of the Worora people of the Northern Kimberleys, reflected in their mythology. In Floating This Time, Woolagoodjah further develops the theme of Aboriginal tradition, this time as it interacts with European culture.
Lalai Dreamtime
( dir. Michael Edols
)
Sydney
:
Michael Edols Films
,
1975
Z1510433
1975
single work
film/TV
Lalai Dreamtime explores the passing on of traditional wisdom, as an old man takes his son to a sacred place to explain about their ancestors, the "Wandjinas," and outline their mythical foundations. It also shows the traditional life of the Worora tribe.
Filmmaker Michael Edols encouraged Sam Woolagoodjah and his family to return (after thirty years' absence) to their Worora tribal lands and to re-enact for the camera some of their sacred dreaming stories and traditional ways.
