8 videos about colonization

1 short film7 interviews

Complete Interview

Basil "Mulla" Sumner, an elder and leader in the Ngarrindjeri community in South Australia, tells us about growing up on an Aboriginal settlement and describes its transformation into a wasteland

(10:24)

Complete Interview

Major "Muggi" Sumner, an elder and cultural ambassador of the Ngarrindjeri Nation of South Australia, sees many of his people following a way of self-interest and forgetfulness of Aboriginal values.

(54:24)

Family Connections

Lyn Risling, an artist and leader in the revitalization of Karuk/Yurok/Hupa cultural traditions of northern California, describes how connection to family and connection to land go hand in hand.

(1:43)

Indigenous People's Role in Media

Actor Cliff Curtis explains how global media, a tool developed in service of imperialism, can be a vehicle for indigenous content, for stories that remind contemporary cultures of their own humanity.

(2:14)

Industrialization, Imperialism and Colonization

Actor Cliff Curtis offers the perspective that the trinity of industrialization, imperialism and colonialism served an important function by linking humanity closely together.

(3:10)

Mulla Rides

Basil "Mulla" Sumner, an elder and leader in the Ngarrindjeri community in South Australia, tells us that oneness starts from the individual.

(4:11)

Whose Oneness is it?

Basil "Mulla" Sumner, an elder and leader in the Ngarrindjeri community in South Australia, asks us, whose oneness are we talking about? A white oneness? A black oneness? George Bush's oneness?

(2:16)

Why Not?

Actor Cliff Curtis asks, If a small group of English could change the world through colonization, what would happen if humanity as a whole decided to choose a different course?

(0:51)