This film grew from language, art and filmmaking workshops throughout 2008. This is the story about a woman who goes out hunting and gets sick. Her mother is angry at the others in the party who did not take care of her daughter, so they go hunting for a lizard and ilpengk bush …
A story about a group of girls playing basketball. One girl gets injured and her friends take her to see an old woman who knows bush medicine. She gets better and they recommence their basketball game.
This movie is about the bush medicines the kids learnt about that grow in their country. They learnt what they were good for and how to say them in language.
A Traditional elder gives a tour on the Chuulangun Homelands (Cape York) looking for native plants, speaking in both English and language, he talks about Wyku (Belly ache tree).
A story about a group of ladies who go out hunting with two dogs. They hunt for porcupine, and one gathers a plant for bush medicine. The two dogs chase a goanna up a tree and then the ladies kill the goanna. They go to the dinner camp and cook the goanna, and have a cup of …
Today we collect and prepare some bush medicine which is good for fixing issues with your skin. Banrrarragu, pronounced bandadagu. We also take a walk in the mangroves and eat some long-bomb shells while we're waiting for the medicine to heat up.
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