Bowen Connection - 'Deep Sea Dreaming'

Desert Pea Media is very proud to announce a new collaboration with the Juru and South Sea Islander communities of Bowen, North QLD.
This production, along with two short films were created over 14 days in April/May 2019 - an outcome of of a unique, collaborative creative process with Desert Pea Media artists, local Indigenous young people, community members, Elders, and local health services.
The overall purpose of the project was to facilitate an important, inter-generational conversation about social and emotional well-being for Indigenous young people in 5 communities around FNQ (Kuranda, Bowen, Palm Island, Thursday Island & Lockhart River). The project is called 'Break It Down - Community Conversations Around Well-being' - funded by North Queensland Primary Health Network.
Desert Pea Media projects involve a dialogue-based storytelling process that encourages participants to analyze 'the real', 'the ideal' and 'the bridge'. In simple terms this means critically thinking about how to create positive change for yourself, for each other and for our communities.
The connections created during this project with the young people and staff at Girudala Community Cooperative Society are friendships that the DPM team highly value and respect, and we feel honored to learn, share and create with the Bowen community. These projects not only uplift and inspire audiences and community members, but everybody involved.
'Deep Sea Dreaming' was produced Desert Pea Media's in-house Music Producer Josh Nicholas (aka Hazy). We thank you brother for your artistic vision and awesome work.
Special thanks to Gareth Prior, Tiana Power, Michelle Hooke, Zorran Cassady and all our fam at Girudala. You guys are awesome.
CREDITS - 
Bowen Connect are Nevina Noakes Wigg, Cordelia Flack, Djesi Bray, Zion Prior, Lachelle Power, Cygnet Tamwoy, Dudley Dotoi, Ryan Oliver, Samantha Tapin, Linda Illin, Kyiera Nicol, Trinity Ives, Warwick Paul, Declan Marou, Harry Doolan, Bryce Power, Emanuel Parter, Jermellah Toby, Tiana Power, Gareth Prior, Toby Finlayson, Coedie McCarthy, Josh Nicholas.
Toby Finlayson - Project Director/Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator/DOP Coedie McCarthy - Co-Writer/Co-Facilitator Josh Nicholas - Music Producer Daniel Glossop - Sound Engineer/ Co-Facilitator Grace Newell - Production Coordinator/Photographer Mitch O'Hearn - Editor/Graphics/Grading David Nicholas - Audio Mixing Darren Ziesing - Audio Mastering Rachel Rowe - Business Manager
LYRICS
Whichway - let me tell you something. Wattamooli (welcome) - thats my introduction
Juru Land, thats where we come from South Sea to PNG, fresh productions
Trust it, since back in the days - ancestors painted on caves
Muckin’ about in the bay. Foolin’ around in the waves, when nothing was fake. AYE
Settlement - FACT, affected our development - BLACK
Took us out of our element - WHACK, now we tellin’ it, Spittin a rap (ous) bringin’ it back (ous)
Flippin’ a track - Juru Nation. Slavery (yep) on the plantation
Plain to see - stolen generation. Bravery - can’t label me (nuh)
We got the mangoes and mangroves, you don’t really wanna tango like that though
Come look for mud crabs /‘eso/ thats out lingo now let go!
Family, mob, connect, support. Thats our joint like Yasso point
Asa fish trap / where we like to kick back - that’s our choice
Chorus
Our spirit is alive
And it will never die
We dancing on the beaches
Through the changing of the seasons
Got the sky, sand and the deep sea dreaming
Verse 2
So all of my balas make en a noise / we gonna set and deploy
Play with the system like toys / Rap for my people in need of a voice
I speak from the heart, I’m keepin’ it real
If you from Bowen then you know the deal / you know the feels
You know the reals / You need the skills
If you got skills / you pay the bills.
Old world, new world, so many things change in this cruel world
And the truth it hurts, we can save the earth
But we gotta do this first
You gotta go get you some /
stop with the hate and start with the love
You gotta know where you from
Where you going, what you want // Thats wassup
Connection, trust.
OUSS EYAH WAH ESOR CUSS
ATS WASSUP SKINT AHA THERE NOW
TRUE GOD YEAH YAH YAH