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Bobtales (1998)

Bobtales poster
Genre
children's television series
Country
Australia

How it feels

This Australian animated series retells Aboriginal dreamtime stories through short episodes. Each five-minute segment focuses on a different traditional tale.

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What happens

Bobtales is an Australian animated series of aboriginal dreamtime stories produced in Perth, Western Australia in 1997 and aired in 1998. Thirteen 5-minute episodes were produced by independent film company Gripping Film and Graphics and the Western Australian Aboriginal Media Association in Western Australia, with funding from Screenwest, Film Australia, and SBS Independent. The series is distributed within Australia and world wide by Screen Australia. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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