Message from Mungo

About Message from Mungo

Lake Mungo is an ancient Pleistocene lake-bed in south-western New South Wales, and is one of the world’s richest archaeological sites. Message from Mungo focuses on the interface over the last 40 years between the scientists on one hand, and, on the other, the Indigenous communities who identify with the land and with the human remains revealed at the site.

Andrew Pike and Ann McGrath directed Message from Mungo, a 2014 documentary film. At 70 minutes long, it arrived in September 2014.

Alice Kelly takes the lead as Herself, Tibby Briar as Herself, Alice Bugmy as Herself, and Isabel McBryde as Herself.

Shelv files it under indigenous, culture, australian aboriginal, and repatriation.

Baraka make useful companions to Message from Mungo.