MARTU VOICES
A Wiluna community film
A wide demographic of men, women, Elders, young, families participated in this community film.
Amplifying the strong voices that aren’t often heard.
Living history film kept and held by local Martu themselves for their own purposes.
Promoting strong Martu culture, strong knowledge, strong custodianship.
SNAPSHOT
IN PICTURES
Stills from Martu Voices film.
THE STORY
A Community Film about who Wiluna Martu people are, their passions, their views, their stories.
Indigenous Australians have an innate connection to the land. To the fauna, the grains of sand, the arid desert bush that colours our beautiful country and the water ways that bring life. Martu people hold a connection to Wiluna and its surrounding traditional lands through an ancient culture that has existed in the Western Desert region long before most nations of people came into being.
The strength and resilience of Wiluna Martu people has been woven into this landscape, the very homeland of Australia’s last nomads. And now is the time to capture their stories. Who are they and what do they have to say about family, connection to country and history of Wiluna Martu people, their movements through the land and the passing of knowledge down the generations? What are they passionate about?
This film will centre on interview biopics of ‘Martu Voices of Wiluna'. The videos will capture the authentic, candid voices of local Martu community members and their lived experiences and tell tales of country, family and culture. The film will focus on their individual stories that resonate across audiences, but most importantly these videos will serve as a medium retained by the Wiluna Martu people themselves for future generations. The content is priceless
This film will be kept by Wiluna Martu as part of their living history.
"Film projects are highly often filtered and only retain content that is pleasing to an intended audience. This project aims to maintain authenticity on the real lived experiences of Martu people in Wiluna”.
Luke Riches, Ardiol Creative.
A community screening will be organised and permissions to be shown further afield will be arranged by Wiluna Elders.
This project, and the Sandalwood Assessment Training project, has been achieved in partnership with the Givaudan Foundation. Collaborative partnerships are a fundamental part of how we work to increase our social impact and add value to achieving our vision.