FILM AUSTRALIA COLLECTION

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This off-beat series follows the exploits and ingenious car repair techniques of the Bush Mechanics, a group of engaging Aboriginal characters who travel through central Australia in clapped-out cars.
Year : 2001 | Total Duration : 4 x 26 minute episodes | Producer : Jeni McMahon
Director : David Batty (Director), Francis Jupurrula Kelly (Co-Director) |
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the content on this page may contain images and references to deceased persons.
A Holden Kingswood driving on a road in the outback. A Holden Kingswood driving on a road in the outback. A praying mantis on a rock. Abandoned vehicle left in the outback. Cameraman/Director David Batty and Sound recordist David Tranter standing with film equipment on large boulders in the outback.
Cameraman/Director David Batty filming a Ford Fairlane painted in the Napa (rain) dreaming, parked next to a Boab tree in the outback. Cast of Bush Mechanics, Steven Jupurrula Morton, Errol Jupurrula Nelson, Randall Jupurrula Wilson, Simeon Jupurrula Ross and Junior Jupurrula Wilson sitting in an EJ Holden with the roof cut off. Writer/Director David Batty, has a camera on his shoulders with Sound recordist David Tranter.  Cinematographer, David Batty, filming from on top of Ford Fairlane whilst driving down a beach. Cinematographer/Director David Batty filming Steven Jupurrula Morton sitting with a car battery. Cinematographer/Director David Batty with sound recordist David Tranter filming three of the Bush Mechanics pushing an EJ Holden station wagon in the outback.
Cinematographer/Director David Batty with sound recordist David Tranter, filming the Bush Mechanics driving a Ford Falcon station wagon. Close up of hand cutting up meat on a boot. Close up of seeds in a traditional Aboriginal bowl. Detail of Thomas Jangala Rice painting the Napa (rain) dreaming on a Ford Fairlane. EJ Holden station wagon in the outback with Steven Jupurrula Morton looking at the engine.
EJ Holden station wagon on an unsealed road in the outback. Electric guitar and drum set loaded in the back of a utility truck tray. Ford Fairlane painted in the Napa (rain) dreaming, driving down a road in the outback. Ford Fairlane painted in the Napa (rain) dreaming, driving through the outback at sunset. Ford Fairlane painted in the Napa (rain) dreaming, driving through the outback at sunset.
Ford Fairlane, driving down a long stretch of unsealed road in the outback. Francis Jupurrula Kelly eating pollen from a native flower. Francis Jupurrula Kelly in the outback carrying a dead kangaroo, spears and a boomerang, walking towards an EJ Holden station wagon. Francis Jupurrula Kelly in the outback, wearing a skirt made of twine and carrying spears. Francis Jupurrula Kelly standing amongst native grasses in the outback, leaning forward eating a wildflower.
Francis Jupurrula Kelly walking through a landscape of rocks and native trees in the outback.  L- R: Sound recordist David Tranter and Cameraman/Director David Batty in the outback. Lightning in the outback. Old Bedford truck travelling on an unsealed road in the outback.  Outback landscape with utility truck.
Persons foot sticking out the window of an Holden on an unsealed road in the outback. Rear of an EJ Holden in the outback on a dirt road. Silhouette of actor Thomas Jangala Rice standing in front of a sunset in the outback holding a boomerang. Sunset on an outback landscape with mountain ranges. The Bush Mechanics cast inside an EJ Holden station wagon with doors removed in the outback.
Two men in the outback standing in front of a campfire, both wearing Akubra hats.  Vintage motor vehicle driving down an unsealed road in the outback. Writer/ Cinematographer David Batty with Francis Jupurrula Kelly playing the "Myal” character of Jack Jakamarra Ross. Writer/Director David Batty filming Francis Jupurrula Kelly holding a spear. In the background is an EJ Holden station wagon. Writer/Director David Batty standing behind a camera on a tripod.