2024 Iris Prize

Marungka tjalatjunu (Dipped in black)

Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) follows Yankunytjatjara man Derik Lynch's road trip back to Country for spiritual healing, as memories from his childhood return. A journey from the oppression of white city life in Adelaide, back home to his remote Anangu Community (Aputula) to perform on sacred Inma ground.

DIRECTOR:

Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch

PRODUCER:

Matthew Thorne & Patrick Graham

WRITER:

Matthew Thorne & Derik Lynch

RELEASE YEAR:

2023

Australia, 24 mins

Mae Marungka Tjalatjunu (Dipped in Black) yn dilyn taith ffordd dyn Yankunytjatjara Derik Lynch yn ôl i Wlad er mwyn iacháu ysbrydol, wrth i atgofion o’i blentyndod ddychwelyd. Taith o ormes bywyd y ddinas wen yn Adelaide, yn ôl adref i’w Gymuned Anangu anghysbell (Aputula) i berfformio ar dir cysegredig Inma.

Derik Lynch is an initiated Yankunytjatjara man. He is a performer, filmmaker, and artist who grew up between Alice Springs and remote Communities in the Northern Territory and South Australia. He has worked both nationally and internationally in theatre, film and TV including performances at the Sydney Opera House (AUS) and Southbank Theatre (UK).


Mae Derik Lynch yn ddyn Yankunytjatjara. Mae’n berfformiwr, gwneuthurwr ffilmiau ac artist a fagwyd rhwng Alice Springs a chymunedau anghysbell yn Nhiriogaeth y Gogledd a De Awstralia. Mae wedi gweithio’n genedlaethol ac yn rhyngwladol mewn theatr, ffilm a theledu gan gynnwys perfformiadau yn y Sydney Opera House (AUS) a Southbank Theatre (DU).


Matthew Thorne is a South Australian filmmaker and artist whose work uses film, photography, and re-enactment to explore contemporary ‘Australian’ identity, spirituality, relationship to land, and masculinity. Matthew contributed photography to Nick Cave and The Bad Seed’s album Ghosteen (2019), Justin Kurzel’s True History of the Kelly Gang (2019), and Ridley Scott’s Alien: Covenant.


Mae Matthew Thorne yn wneuthurwr ffilm ac artist o Dde Awstralia y mae ei waith yn defnyddio ffilm, ffotograffiaeth ac ail-greu i archwilio hunaniaeth, ysbrydolrwydd, perthynas gyfoes â thir, a gwrywdod. Cyfrannodd Matthew ffotograffiaeth i albwm Nick Cave a The Bad Seed Ghosteen (2019), True History of the Kelly Gang gan Justin Kurzel (2019), a Alien: Covenant, Ridley Scott.


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