| Title |
Passing Through |
| Released |
1998 |
| Production Year |
1998 |
| Director |
Mark Olive
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| Comments |
Passing Through is part of the 'Shifting Sands' compilation of short Indigenous films.
The Collection is produced in association with the Indigenous Branch of the Australian Film Commission and SBS Independent.
'Shifting Sands' is the continuation of the 'From Sand To Celluloid' collection which was released in 1996.
Passing Through was produced with financial assistance from the New South Whales Film and Television office. |
| Synopsis |
An Aboriginal woman, Margie, takes her husband and two childen to visit her auntie in the country. They stop at a small town to refuel where she encounters two old men who claim to have known her grandfather. When she reachers her auntie's house she is informed that the two men had died years ago. When Margie returns to the town she is confronted with her Aboriginal heritage. The petrol station is completely rundown and a willy willy, which in Aboriginal mythology represents spirits of the dead, blows through the town. |
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| newspaper - An insider's view of Indigenous issues Canberra Times. 13-05-1998. p.8 |
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Jane Freebury
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| Interview with Erica Glynn, director of My Bed Your Bed, in which she dicusses the characterization of the young couple in the film and how this impacts on t...[full record]
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| newspaper - Critic's View The Age. 02-07-1998. p.28 |
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Author Unknown
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| Discusses similar themes in the Shifting Sands shorts including familial relations, identity politics and cultural traditions.
Reviews the Shifting Sands c...[full record]
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| newspaper - More films feature in 'Shifting Sands' The Koori Mail. 08-04-1998. p.Unknown |
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Author Unknown
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| Includes comments from the Australian Film Institute concerning the motivation behind the Shifting Sands collection, film titles and directors and screening ...[full record]
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| newspaper - Recipe for a new life The Age. 02-07-1998. p.3 |
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Barbara Hooks
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| Traces Mark Oliveâs transition from the hospitality industry to the film industry including education, training and experience. Provides a brief overview o...[full record]
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| newspaper - Righting the wrong Herald Sun. . p.116 |
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Leigh Paatsch
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| Review of the six short f
Discusses the lack of Indigenous control over representations of Aboriginality and the attempt to subvert non-Indigenous control...[full record]
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| journal - Shifting Sands Filmink 7 V2. p.21 |
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Jimmy Reardon
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| A review of the Shifting Sands collection of short Indigenous films in which only one film, Passing Through, by Mark Olive, escapes criticism. Provides a bri...[full record]
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| newspaper - Shifting Sands Sunday Age. 03-05-1998. p.6 |
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Tom Ryan
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| Review of the Shifting Sands collection of short Indigenous films.
Includes comments from Wal Saunders, manager of the Indigenous Branch of the Australian F...[full record]
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| journal - Shifting Sands: From Sand To Celluloid Continued... Cinema Papers 125. pp.22-25 |
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Scott Murray
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| This article provides details of key cast and crew members for each film within the shifting Sands compilation.
It also includes a brief synopsis of each fi...[full record]
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| newspaper - Stories in the Sand Canberra Times, Canberra Times. 06-07-1998. p.7 |
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Ron Cerabona
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| Discusses the selection process for the Shifting Sands collection of short Indigenous films and includes comments from Bridgit ikin, Head of SBS Independent,...[full record]
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| journal - The Shifting Sands Continues AFC News. p.Unknown |
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Author Unknown
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Discusses the motivation behind the production of the Shifting Sands compilation.
Includes comments from Wal Saunders, director of the Indigenous Branch of...[full record]
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| journal - The Way Home Realtime. p.Unknown |
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Archie Weller
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| This article provides a brief description of the Shifting Sands compilation and detailed reviews and synopses of each individual title.
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