Etched in Bone (2018)
Overview
Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Hundred of bones were stolen and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, until it became known to Arnhem elders in the late 1990s. The return of the sacred artefacts was called for, resulting in a tense standoff between indigenous tribespeople and the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian.
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| Country | Stream | Rent | Buy |
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| Australia | DocPlay | — | — |
| New Zealand | DocPlay | — | — |
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What is Etched in Bone about?
Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Hundred of bones were stolen and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, until it became known to Arnhem elders in the late 1990s. The return of the sacred artefacts was called for, resulting in a tense standoff between indigenous tribespeople and the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian. Etched in Bone is a Documentary movie, released on 2018-10-04, runtime 73 minutes.
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Directed by
Martin Thomas, Béatrice Bijon
Cast
- Jacob Nayinggul as Himself
- Joe Gumbula as Himself
- Martin Thomas as Narrator
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