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He's got talent - Uncle Herb Patten

03/03/2007
On Awaye! - catch up with gumleaf maestro, artist and rocker from way back, Uncle Herb Patten. And - to celebrate his 64th birthday, Uncle Herb is hard at work on the gumleaf, rehearsing that Beatles' anthem. Also, Darlene Johnson talks about her new short film 'Crocodile Dreaming', a supernatural fable set in Arnhem Land starring David Gulpilil and Tom E. Lewis.

Albert's gift - part 2: the pathfinder

26/01/2007
In the second part of this special program, we reflect on the life and art of Albert Namatjira. A critical revision of Namatjira's work is underway but has the popular mythology of his life obscured his art and deprived him of his proper place in the Australian landscape tradition? This program was first broadcast on September 29 2006

The making of '10 Canoes'

05/01/2007
We replay a special feature about the film '10 Canoes' and the photograph that inspired it. You'll hear interviews with the film's narrator David Gulpilil and the director Rolf de Heer, along with cast members Richard Birrinbirrin, Frances Djulibing and associate director Peter Djigirr. This program was first broadcast on June 23 2006