II. Cloze Test (10%)        There is a scene about an hour into Naina Sen’s documentary The Song Keepers, in which awoman in her 60s ascends a ridge. The surrounding terrain is a harsh desert, the red-hued country11 the Australian outback. Below is a patchwork of corrugated tin roofing that is the small,remote township of Areyonga, 12 among the green blooms of towering eucalypts. Visually, theshot is sumptuous: a striking, sun-drenched panorama that 13 the extent of isolationexperienced by the aboriginal communities highlighted in the film. But that’s not all it is. The womanis Theresa Nipper, a member of the Central Australian Aboriginal Women’s Choir that is the subjectof The Song Keepers. Seated on the crest of the ridge, Nipper reveals a personal history that willchallenge how many viewers can 14 themselves in relation to the impact of colonialism onaboriginal cultures. Balancing the women’s somber accounts of the impacts of colonialism on theirpersonal connection to traditional culture and community is the presence of an undeniably aboriginalhumor, although buried in all the teasing is deep respect. 15 intimate interviews with Nipperand the other members of the choir, Sen’s film goes beyond the linearity and wide-eyed wonder ofthe choir’s trip to reveal the nuances of identity, cultural practice and lore. These have developed incentral Australian aboriginal communities since the Lutheran missions were established.
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(A) oblivious to
(B) submissive to
(C) synonymous with
(D) contingent on