Wawu Divine Hope Extended Trailer

History tells us that Aboriginal people had a belief. They believed in the sun, the moon, the stars, plants and animals. But you see, when the missionaries came along, they taught our people the fundamentals of Christianity, like it was God who made the sun and the moon. But then as time went on, we were able to combine the two, that we have a God, we still have our culture, and it works together. Easter is a very special and humbling time. It makes you reflect. If you're a believer, then Easter is one of the best times of the year. It only happens once a year, and the graveyard is full of weed. So we come up probably on Good Friday afternoon, clean the grave, and then on Saturday afternoon, we put fresh flowers ready for Easter. Behind the pageantry of my hometown's unique Easter tradition, are stories of love and loss. My husband, he was a good man. Segregation and leadership. No one was allowed to own a vehicle. You had to seek permission to go into Cooktown. Growing up, we enjoyed that life, we accepted it, but we didn't realise what our parents went through. Character and the enduring spirit of a people who rebuilt their place in the world after they were displaced. I was four years of age when we were taken away from our mission during World War II. And what I understand is that we were the only Aboriginal mission to have been sent there. I've come home to make a film that looks at all of this. It's a very exciting time for the people of Hopeville. I love going to the cemetery on Easter. It's a different atmosphere. It's a good feeling of we're together as the community to decorate the graves and all that. It brings a different feeling of emotion to if you are attending a funeral. This is our respect towards our elders who fought for us and brought us back home. We like to be going and seeing everything with a bit of weed. That's someone that had love for you when he or she passed on. So it's just in respect, you know. We know that their spirit lives on. Our families come from far and wide. They always try and make it home for Easter. Everybody comes out and it's just lovely. And just because the sun's going down, nobody's heading home yet. I grew up tending to my grandparents' graves and then my baby brother's. I've always thought this thing that we do is pretty special. I want to know what it means to everyone else.