Film Screening

Here’s My Hand: A Testimony to an Aboriginal Memorial

A wide-angle photograph showing an installation of 200 painted hollow logs standing upright in a large gallery space. The surrounding walls are painted in a dark colour and the logs are positioned on a navy plinth shaped to resemble both sides of a river bank.

Ramingining artists, Djon Mundine, Bandjalung people, The Aboriginal Memorial, 1987–88, purchased with the assistance of funds from National Gallery admission charges and commissioned in 1987

At the Gallery
Sat 6 Aug 2022, 2pm
Wheelchair Accessible Hearing Loop
No performances scheduled

Join us in the James Fairfax Theatre for a free screening of the 1988 documentary created with the Ramingining Community on The Aboriginal Memorial (1987 – 88).

Conceived by Djon Mundine OAM, Bandjalung peoples, with 43 artists from Ramingining and surrounding communities in Central Arnhem Land, The Aboriginal Memorial commemorates all First Nations people who, since 1788, have lost their lives defending their land. In June, Ramingining community and Commissioning Curator Djon Mundine OAM with local Ngambri and Ngunnawal Custodians sang in The Aboriginal Memorial in its new location at the heart of the National Gallery.

Narrated by David Gulpilil, Here’s My Hand: A Testimony to an Aboriginal Memorial was directed by Michael Edols. Rated G.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are respectfully advised that this screening contains images and voices of, references to, deceased people. Where possible, permission has been sought to include their names and images.

Saturday Screenings is a free program of film screenings presented monthly in partnership between the National Gallery of Australia and National Film and Sound Archive of Australia.