How the Birds Got Their Colours
1983
How the Birds Got Their Colours
1983
- NFSA IDNV1ZPCEE
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormShort
- GenresAnimation, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Children
- Year1983
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This Aboriginal Dreamtime story reveals how birds got their brilliant colours. Told by Mary Albert of the Bardi language group in Western Australia and vividly narrated by actress Justine Saunders, it follows a parrot who helps an injured dove – sparking a magical burst of colour across every bird… except the crow. The animation by Pamela Lofts draws on artwork by children from St Mary’s School, Broome, giving it cross-generational appeal. How the Birds Got Their Colours is visually striking and culturally significant for its role in celebrating and preserving Dreamtime stories.
- WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This Aboriginal Dreamtime story reveals how birds got their brilliant colours. Told by Mary Albert of the Bardi language group in Western Australia and vividly narrated by actress Justine Saunders, it follows a parrot who helps an injured dove – sparking a magical burst of colour across every bird… except the crow. The animation by Pamela Lofts draws on artwork by children from St Mary’s School, Broome, giving it cross-generational appeal. How the Birds Got Their Colours is visually striking and culturally significant for its role in celebrating and preserving Dreamtime stories.
- NFSA IDNV1ZPCEE
- TypeFilm
- MediumMoving Image
- FormShort
- GenresAnimation, Indigenous themes or stories, Indigenous as subject, Children
- Year1983
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