
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.

Jacob Nayinggul
Himself

Joe Gumbula
Himself

Martin Thomas
Narrator

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October 4, 2018
1h 13m
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Béatrice Bijon
Martin Thomas
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Ronin Films
AU
Red Lily Productions
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