We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
Celestial Emu is a short film project with Gamilaraay astrophysicist Karlie Noon and Gomeroi and Tongan dancer Daniel Mateo.
This really beautiful constellation emerges from the dark dusk lanes that we can see in the Milky Way bands that crosses our sky. We call it Gawarrgay in Gamilaraay language.
Commissioned by Powerhouse
Director: Olivia Costa
Dancer and choreographer: Daniel Mateo
Director of Photography: Lucca Barone-Peters
1st AC: Trudi Gultom
AD: Gabrielle Stapleton
Steadicam Operator: Markus Sternecker
Editor: Ange Scott
Projections: Keanu Hoi
Head Lang Walker Family Academy: Sophie Poisel
Head of Digital: Callum Cooper
Producer: Anna May Kirk
Curator: Dr Sarah Reeves
Sound Designer: Mara Schwerdtfeger
Associate Director First Nations: Beau James
Learning Manager, Lang Walker Family Academy: Alissa Wilcock
Commissioning Editors: Callum Cooper & Lisa Havilah
We are a First Nations not-for-profit that exists to centre First Nations people, Country and truth-telling. We acknowledge all First Peoples of this land and celebrate their enduring connections to Country, knowledge and stories. We pay our respects to Elders and Ancestors who watch over us and guide Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community.
