Kaja-warnu-jangka 'From the bush'

A new Australian documentary film, about two senior Warlpiri men in Lajamanu community, NT, has just been released, coinciding with National Reconciliation Week. Kaja-warnu-jangka �From the bush� is a unique biographical tribute to two senior Warlpiri men, Jerry Patrick Jangala OAM and Henry Cook Jakamarra, who tell their own narratives of their remarkable lives over 85+ years. Dynamically bringing together previously unpublished footage, oral histories and photographs from over many years, it shows historical aspects of a remote desert community and the living endurance of traditional values of kinship and law. Expounding the themes of courageous resilience and embrace of change, it is the product of a collaboration by PAW Media Warlpiri film-maker, Maxwell Walma Tasman Japanangka and ANU linguist, Carmel O�Shannessy. It was inspired by people in the community suggesting the need to document the two senior men�s lives. The film is mostly in Warlpiri, with subtitles in English. It runs for 1hr 09 mins.