I’m planning a trip out to Honeymoon Bore in April for more interviews and footage. Can you help me reach my fundraising goal of $800 ? Donations of $50 or more are tax deductible via Documentary Australia Foundation or you can send a cheque or make an EFT to Think Films. For details, check out the HELP page.

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Having discovered archival evidence of Banjo’s 1949 walk-off, I’ve decided to re-create this significant historical event using animation. In the style of animation by Israeli film director Ari Folman in his powerful animated portrayal of the horrors of the 1982 Lebanon war, “Waltz With Bashir”, I’ll be working with Adelaide animation studio Monkeystack to recreate the 1949 walk off at the Lake Nash Cattle Station. This piece of animation will be incorporated into a new teaser trailer to be used to pitch the project to broadcasters. I’ll be doing this at the Australian International Documentary Conference in Adelaide in Feb, 2012.

I’m now looking to raise $15,000 to cover the costs of animation for this stage of development. Remember, donations are tax deductible through the Documentary Australia Foundation. For more information on making a donation to help with this stage of the project, please email me.

This is Banjo’s story as it’s being pieced together, from the 1949 walk-off at Lake Nash to the walk-off from Ampilatwatja that started in 2009. Some great archival material through oral histories weave together life at Lake Nash in the late 1940′s as well as attitudes towards Aboriginals working on the station at that time. The 1949 walk-off will be re-created using animation and I’m looking forward to being able to work with the great team at Monkeystack on this. There’s something exciting going on behind the scenes which aims at getting together the entire project budget so stay tuned for that news soon !