Dipped in Black

Dipped in Black (2023)

Marungka Tjalatjunu

A multi disciplinary film and photographic art project created by Yankunytjatjara artist Derik Lynch and Australian artist Matthew Thorne that explores (in dream and memory) Derik's childhood growing up in the heart of central Australia. The story follows his road trip from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide back to country - Aputula - to perform Drag on sacred Inma ground, while memories from his youth return. Inma is a 60,000+ year old form of storytelling using the visual, verbal and physical. As a place of storytelling it is also the place where the history and stories of the past are written and shared in the present.

Date of release
2023-02-23
TMDB
1.0 / 10 (2)
Runtime
23m
Genres
Documentary, Drama
Director
Derik Lynch, Matthew Thorne

Casting

Interesting facts

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in black) is a 2022 Australian hybrid docufiction film, created by Matthew Thorne and Derik Lynch. Through memory, re-creation, and documentary, the film tells the story of Derik's life navigating the whitefella and blackfella worlds.

Production

Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) is co-written and co-directed by Matthew Thorne and artist and performer Derik Lynch. It was produced by Matthew Thorne, of Other Pictures.

The product of a process of ‘ngapartji ngapartji’ (equal sharing) — a Yankunytjatjara phrase literally translated as ‘you give me, I give you’ — the film was built from a framework of shared storytelling, and authorship by Thorne and Lynch. The team describe the work as being made as an import rite of repair on stolen land.

The film was partly funded by the Adelaide Film Festival Investment Fund and the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC).

A multi-channel video installation work, and photo series made during filming by Thorne & Lynch has been exhibited around the world, including at PHOTO Festival Melbourne (Australia), Lagos Photo Festival (Nigeria), FORMAT Festival, Derby (UK), Chaillot Theatre national de la Danse, Paris (France), and the Hamburg Triennial of Photography (Germany).

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