Ian Dunlop Movie Trailers

Along the Sepik Trailer (1964)

01 January 1964

Set on the Upper Sepik River in New Guinea, this film records the day-to-day experiences of Kiap (one-man representative of the Australian government in regional areas) Barry Downes as he patrols an area that in 1963 had only recently been brought under control from headhunters.

Baniyala Trailer (1996)

01 January 1996

An archival record film of life at the small Madarrpa clan settlement of Bäniyala on Blue Mud Bay, some 200 kilometres south of Yirrkala.

Madarrpa Funeral at Gurka’wuy Trailer (1979)

01 January 1979

In 1976, Ian Dunlop was invited by Dundiwuy Wanambi, a leader of the Marrakulu clan, to Gurka’wuy on Trial Bay in the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi Trailer (1995)

01 January 1995

A series of interviews with Dundiwuy Wanambi, shot over twelve years. They reveal the struggles of one man in the face of the huge changes brought about by the coming of a mining project, and alcohol, to north-east Arnhem Land.

Narritjin at Djarrakpi Trailer (1981)

01 January 1981

In 1974, Narritjin Maymuru and his family are establishing a small settlement at Djarrakpi, an important Manggalili clan site on the northern head of Blue Mud Bay in the Northern Territory.

Baruya Muka Archival Trailer (1991)

03 February 1991

A detailed record of the first stage male initiation ceremony of the Baruya of the Eastern Highlands of Papua New Guinea.

Dances at Aurukun Trailer (1963)

31 December 1963

This film is a record of traditional Aboriginal dancing at Aurukun Mission on Cape York Peninsula in far north Queensland.

Desert People Trailer (1967)

25 January 1967

Two Aboriginal families live like their ancestors have for centuries in this anthropological documentary.

Yirrkala: Conversations with Dundiwuy Wanambi Trailer (1995)