Published on Thursday, 29 August 2024 at 11:30:25 AM
An initiative supported by local community oganisations Connect Village Hub, Victoria Park Community Centre, Friends of Jirdarup Bushland and Vic Park Collective, Kaatijiin Screenings will bring two local films to community audiences in the coming months.
Mammung (whale) and The Grey Line will offer attendees an intimate and thought-provoking look into two very different tales of Country and the people on it, with both films locally made and having deep roots in truth telling of Country in ancient and modern times.
Taking place on Friday 13 September at Vic Park Community Centre, Mammung tells the story of rapid sea-level rise in WA around 10,000 years ago which led to almost 30% land loss. Explore the Noongar peoples’ living memory of this event and ask, 'what can we learn from the world's oldest continuing living culture?'.
The Grey Line will screen at Connect Vic Park Saturday 12 October and bring audiences face to face with the impact and recency of the Stolen Generations. Helen was raised by a middle-class family in the suburbs of Perth and believed she was their biological daughter until the age of 14. Despite being raised in a loving environment, Helen has never felt like she truly belonged. Not white, not black, she walks a very lonely grey line.
Speakers will follow both screenings, with local Minang Ngadju woman Roni Forrest to give a short talk about Vic Park's Mindeera Spring and its important role in the history of the area following Mammung, and Helen and daughter Kayah to host a Q&A at the end of The Grey Line.
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