Documentary · Australia · 2025 · 1h 39m

Japarta

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Tagline

A Japanese student is tasked by Gurindji Elders in the Northern Territory to take their story to the world.

Synopsis

The story of a Japanese scholar, Minoru Hokari, who, before his death in 2004 at the age of 32, achieved work which today commands an ever-widening audience. It is a story of cross-cultural understanding, how Gurindji Elders in the Northern Territory tasked Minoru to relay stories from their culture to a wider world.

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