Native Tongue – Mo’Ju

Australia, 2018

© 2018 Mojo Juju, exclusively licensed to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. (de Luzuriaga / Ma / Seumanutafa)

Film
An image of Mo'Ju singing in the desert, weraing a large fur coat and short bowl haircut

The lead single off their album of the same name, Native Tongue (2018) saw artist Mo’Ju explore cultural identity through music, movement and striking visuals. Deceptively simple, it uses a single shot of Mo’Ju and three Djuki Mala dancers walking through an unmistakably Australian landscape. The glitch effect utilised not only adds visual emphasis to the on-screen movement, but also underlines the poignant lyrics.

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director

Claudia Sangiorgi Dalimore

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2018

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The Story of the Moving Image → Moving Australia → MA-04. Music Video

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Moving image file/Digital

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music video

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