Etched in Bone
“"This is an exceptional piece of filmmaking, governed by qualities of restraint and attunement that are essential to its subject." - Jane Goodall.”
2018•E•1h 13m•Released
Documentary
Drawing on original footage from National Geographic, Etched in Bone explores the impact of one notorious bone theft by a member of the 1948 American-Australian Scientific Expedition to Arnhem Land. Hundred of bones were stolen and deposited in the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, until it became known to Arnhem elders in the late 1990s. The return of the sacred artefacts was called for, resulting in a tense standoff between indigenous tribespeople and the Department of Anthropology at the Smithsonian.
Director
Béatrice Bijon
Writer
Martin Thomas
Languages
English
Studio
Ronin Films
Cast
Jacob Nayinggul
Himself
Joe Gumbula
Himself
Martin Thomas
Narrator
Production
Company
Ronin Films
Company
Red Lily Productions
Producer
Béatrice Bijon
Producer
Martin Thomas
Recommended
6.1
Naqoyqatsi
2002
6.5
Finders Keepers
2015
5.9
Memories of a Murderer: The Nilsen Tapes
2021
6.3
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
2025
7.2
To Be Takei
2014
7
Girl Rising
2013
7.6
42 Up
1999
7.7
As I Was Moving Ahead, Occasionally I Saw Brief Glimpses of Beauty
2000
7.1
The Class of ‘92
2013
7.1
Deliver Us from Evil
2006
6.7
Sherman's March
1985
7.3
Powaqqatsi
1988
6.6
Love, Marilyn
2013
6
South of the Border
2009
7.6
Night Will Fall
2014
7.5
28 Up
1984
7.6
35 Up
1991
7.9
Alone in the Wilderness
2004
7
Beyond Infinity: Buzz and the Journey to Lightyear
2022
6.9
The Crash
2026
Similar Movies
La Colline des chefs
2001
6
The Sea Stares at Us from Afar
2018
Una identidad en absurdo Vol. 1
2011
6.5
Montezuma
2009
6.9
American Hardcore
2006
7.3
Global Metal
2008
8.5
Rif 1921, una historia olvidada
2008
8
The Power of Activism
2022
Melting Snow
2021
Potlatch...a strict law bids us dance
1975
Stonehenge Empire
2014
Sahel: Pátria ou Morte
2025
8
The Shaman's Apprentice
2001
365 Without 377
2011
La importancia de llamarse Avelino García
2014
Her Name is Nanny Nellie
2023
Madatrek
2018
3
Search for the Goddess of Love
1971
The Struggle Continues
1971
NZ WARS: Stories of Waitara
0