Art + Soul: Bitter and Sweet – Mervyn Bishop
2009
Art + Soul: Bitter and Sweet – Mervyn Bishop
2009
- NFSA ID4T392KRK
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormArt work, Interview, Documentary, Series
- GenresEducational, Historical, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2009
In this excerpt from Art + Soul Episode 3: Bitter and Sweet, Mervyn Bishop talks about his most famous photograph – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically pouring sand into the hand of traditional landowner Vincent Lingiari in 1975.
The episode is narrated by Hetti Perkins and was directed by Warwick Thornton.
Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition was on display at the NFSA in Canberra from 5 March to 4 October 2021.
In this excerpt from Art + Soul Episode 3: Bitter and Sweet, Mervyn Bishop talks about his most famous photograph – Prime Minister Gough Whitlam symbolically pouring sand into the hand of traditional landowner Vincent Lingiari in 1975.
The episode is narrated by Hetti Perkins and was directed by Warwick Thornton.
Mervyn Bishop: The Exhibition was on display at the NFSA in Canberra from 5 March to 4 October 2021.
- NFSA ID4T392KRK
- TypeTelevision
- MediumMoving Image
- FormArt work, Interview, Documentary, Series
- GenresEducational, Historical, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject
- Year2009
- ProducersJo-Anne McGowan, Bridget IkinDirectorWarwick ThorntonWriter and narratorHetti Perkins
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