| Title |
Promise |
| Released |
1998 |
| Production Year |
1997 |
| Director |
Mitch Torres
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| Comments |
Promise is part of the 'Shifting Sands' collection of short Indigenous films.
Shifting Sands was 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 of short Indigenous films released in 1996.
Promise was produced with the assistance of Screenwest and the Lotteries Commission of Western Australia. |
| Synopsis |
Nganyamia prepares a loaf of damber with her grandmother and asks her to reflect on her past. Her Grandmother, Gilladi recalls the circumstances of her arranged marriage. She had been promised her husband before she was born but despite the arrangement fell deeply in love with her husband. Drawing on Aboriginal mythology Promise ends with Gilladi calling up the spirit of her deceased waamba(promised husband). |
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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 - 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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| 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 - Six of the best with shifting emotions Sunday Times. 19-04-1998. p.57 |
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Jeremy Wilshire
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| Provides brief funding information of the Shifting Sands collection.
Includes short synopsis of individual titles and a brief comment on the quality of the ...[full record]
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| newspaper - Subtle craft of Indigenous storytelling The Age. 14-05-1998. p.21 |
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Michael Bodey
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| Reviews the Shifting Sands collection of shorts from a theoretical angle. Bodey discusses meanings constructed by the juxtaposition of certain images, narrat...[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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