May 30th, 2024Law of the Land at Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal tonight

Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land is heading to Castlemaine’s Theatre Royal this evening, Thursday, May 30, with the filmmaker and special guests, as part of the Indigenous Film Festival.

Luku Ngärra is the extraordinary story of Reverend Dr Djiniyini Gondarra OAM, an initiated clan leader within the Yolngu Nation who has spent the most part of his 79 years of life as a civil rights activist, a spiritual leader, a cross cultural mediator and educator and one of few elders who has dedicated his life to upholding the traditional law of his people.

Filmed over five years in north-east Arnhem Land and as a result of a 16-year friendship between Dr Gondarra and director Sinem Saban, Luku Ngärra: The Law of the Land is a rare and intimate exploration of Yolngu culture and how it has kept their people in balance with the environment and with each other for tens of thousands of years.

The event is being held during Reconciliation Week. Link: www.theatreroyalcastlemaine.com.au