‘Big Boss: The last leader of the Crocodile Islands’ tracks the life of 2012 Senior Australian of the Year, Patron of the Crocodile Islands Rangers and Author, Laurie Baymarrwangga.For nine decades this last speaker of the Yan-nhangu language continued to teach the knowledge of the ancestors to new generations’ at the most remote edge of our island nation. Faced with adversities including the arrival of the Missionaries, bombing by the Japanese and government assimilationist policies, Big Boss’ commitment to her kin never once waivered. A remarkable story that reinforces the notion that one person truly can make a difference.
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Directors: Paul Sinclair
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Producers: Jade Rose
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‘Big Boss: The last leader of the Crocodile Islands’ tracks the life of 2012 Senior Australian of the Year, Patron of the Crocodile Islands Rangers and Author, Laurie Baymarrwangga.For nine decades this last speaker of the Yan-nhangu language continued to teach the knowledge of the ancestors to new generations’ at the most remote edge of our island nation. Faced with adversities including the arrival of the Missionaries, bombing by the Japanese and government assimilationist policies, Big Boss’ commitment to her kin never once waivered. A remarkable story that reinforces the notion that one person truly can make a difference.
Directors: Paul Sinclair
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Producers: Jade Rose
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Completion date: 05/24/2017
Shooting format: HDV
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Film color: Color
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