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The Islanders
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Title:
The Islanders
NFSA ID
32752
Year
1968
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Above the tip of Cape York, beyond the northern-most point of the Australian continent, are the Torres Strait Islands.
The economy here is based on home gardens and pearl-shell fishing. The culture, with its basis in music, dancing and ceremony, provides a striking contrast to that of mainland Australia.
This film, shot in the late 1960s, shows how strongly old traditions still affect Torres Strait Islander people, even though they also have most of the trappings of modern life.
Writer and director
Cecil Holmes
Producer
Richard Mason
Produced by the Australian Commonwealth Film Unit. © National Film and Sound Archive of Australia
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.