Ningla A-Na

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Ningla A-Na
Directed byAlessandro Cavadini
Written byAlessandro Cavadini
Produced byAlessandro Cavadini
CinematographyIan Stocks
Edited byRonda MacGregor
Music byGloria Fletcher
Release date
  • 1972 (1972)
Running time
72 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Ningla A-Na (Hungry for our Land) is a 1972 Australian documentary film created by Alessandro Cavadini.

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Synopsis

Based around the establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy in 1972, the film looks at political protests and Aboriginal organisations in Australia. [1]

Production and release

Ningla A-Na was restored and re-released in 2022, marking the 50th year of the Embassy. [2] [3] [4]

Reception

A review in Tribune says "Cavadini captures the vitality and the militancy of the movement to such an extent that it needs no comment. The rap sessions have a spontaneity, lack of staginess and an honesty that many other documentaries to achieve." [5]

In The Age , Colin Bennett writes "Agree with Cavadini's strongly committed film or not, it is probably the most powerful and illuminating coverage of the black movement yet made and if seen widely at this time when land rights are again in the news should help to rid our southern audiences of a good deal of apathy." [6]

Luke Buckmaster in The Guardian gave it 5 stars, calling it Australia's greatest ever protest movie: so alive and so galvanising it seems to have its own electromagnetic force". [7]

References

  1. ↑ Carlson, Bronwyn (30 September 2022), "Made in 1972, the documentary Ningla-A'Na is a powerful look at establishment of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy", The Conversation
  2. ↑ Latimore, Jack (26 September 2022), "'Literally about to fall to bits': Historic Aboriginal Panthers documentary saved from oblivion", The Age
  3. ↑ Radford, Ben (19 September 2022), "'Ningla - A'Na': Restored documentary keeps the spirit of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy alive", The Conversation
  4. ↑ "Ningla A-Na (Hungry for our Land)", Filmnews, 1 April 1978
  5. ↑ "Ningla A-Na film", Tribune, 31 October 1972
  6. ↑ Bennett, Colin (9 March 1973), "A plea for black Australia", The Age
  7. ↑ Buckmaster, Luke (30 September 2022), "Ningla-A'na review – Australia's greatest ever protest movie", The Guardian
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