The NFSA pays tribute to the legacy of documentary filmmaker Ian Dunlop OAM (1927–2021).

Michael Leigh surveys the long history of ethnographic filmmaking in this country and the representation of Indigenous Australians on film.

Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. On the beach it’s time to play out one of the dramas of daily life – the return of the hunters.

This clip features a lead dancer in mask and two Dari headdress dancers in the Malu-Bomai Ceremony.

Summary by Liz McNiven

A small group of young Aboriginal men demonstrate a shake-a-leg dance on the beach at Murray Island.

Three Torres Strait Islander men demonstrate a traditional fire-making practice.

Summary by Liz McNiven

Les McLaren is one of a group of Australian filmmakers who made significant documentaries in Papua New Guinea in the 1970s–1990s. We talked with him about their legacy.