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Day 1 (four days late) through now (day 5, obviously).

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When I got back from Australia, I said I wanted to just pack up my car and drive around showing the film, KANYINI, but that was not practical.  Lack of practicality is usually not a viable reason not to do something though, for me (though fun to say, not always best practice). :)  So, last week, after my last day of work teaching GED students in Asheville, I was lucky enough to have a job catering a women's weekend at a retreat centre deep in the gorgeous Blue Ridge Mountains.  So much happened there, that I don't even know where to begin... so i won't say anything.  But, I do believe seeds were planted there that will find their fruition sometime in my future.  <3 The morning after I got back, my Mom and I hit the road for Fort Belvoir, Virginia (just outside of DC).  We went to visit my cousin Vinny (and that's the truth), and it was actually fun to stay on the base.  Strange how growing up in the military comes back to you... The real adventure began on Wedne

Screening Aboriginal Film in New York City!!!!!!!

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Date:   Saturday, May 22, 2010 Time:  8pm - Doors at 7pm Location:  The Wild Project  195 E 3rd St ; (212) 228-1195) http://www.thewildproject.com/ Suggested Donation:   $5 - $10 "KANYINI"   written and narrated by UNCLE BOB RANDALL TJILPI  ELDER OF THE YANKUNYTJATJARA ABORIGINAL   NATION           The evening will begin with a traditional Anangu welcome, and feature the film Kanyini , followed by audience dialogue  Plot Synopsis:   This documentary is based on the remarkable life and philosophy of Bob Randall, an elder of the Yankunytjatjara people of Uluru in Central Australia. It explores his idyllic early life, shattered when he is taken from his family as one of the 'Stolen Generation', and his journey since then. 'Uncle Bob' also explores the reasons for the tragic problems in many Australian Aboriginal communities today. While there is sadness and desperation, the film finishes with a sense of hope. Archival footage from the very early days of white c