Message from Mungo

Name: Message from Mungo
Genre: Documentary
Released: 2014-09-19
Duration: 70 min
Rating: 7
Cast: Alice Kelly, Tibby Briar, Alice Bugmy, Isabel McBryde

Repatriation is one of the most important social issues for Indigenous communities around the world.

7.0 (1)2014-09-191h 10m

Documentary

Overview

Lake Mungo is an ancient Pleistocene lake-bed in south-western New South Wales, and is one of the world’s richest archaeological sites. Message from Mungo focuses on the interface over the last 40 years between the scientists on one hand, and, on the other, the Indigenous communities who identify with the land and with the human remains revealed at the site. This interface has often been deeply troubled and contentious, but within the conflict and its gradual resolution lies a moving story of the progressive empowerment of the traditional custodians of the area.