Although the art of tracking is diminishing worldwide, the skill survives and traditionalists are making efforts to revive it. There are pockets of indigenous people who still rely on their skills to hunt animals for their livelihood. Amongst First Nations peoples in arid Australia, the Kalahari Bushmen of Africa and the Inuit of the Arctic, the ability to read the earth survives. This program examines the skills of these people from vastly different environments and is the story of the skill not the kill; the story of “nature detectives”. Awarded the Certificate for creative excellence, USA International Film and Video Festival 1997.
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ACMI Identifier
307283
Language
English
Subject categories
Aboriginal Australia → Aboriginal Australians - Hunting
Aboriginal Australia → Tracking and trailing
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Eskimos - Hunting
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Kalahari Desert
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Indigenous peoples - Kalahari Desert - Hunting
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Crime, Espionage, Justice, Police & Prisons → Tracking and trailing
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Educational & Instructional → Educational films
Television → Television programs
Television → Television programs → Television programs - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
VHS; Access Print (Section 1)