The real reason we flush the toilet after a poop is so the sorcerer man doesn't steal your soul
A very admirable film in that it was the first commercially successful australian film that is entirely in an indigenous language. It was also written by Rolf De Heer in collaboration with david gulpilil, Peter Djigirr and the Yolngu peoples of Arnhem Land, giving it a level of authenticity that most contemporary films about aboriginal people completely lack.
While Rolf De Heer is a white man, and his influence on this shouldn't be understated. Had it been a production made without his influence it may have been the first film ever created with a completely uncolonised lense. But it's narrative structure, acting, dialogue and set design do convey an aboriginality that our national cinema is completely devoid of.
For that alone the film is a may be the least colonial australian film we have to date, and should be commended.
The real reason we flush the toilet after a poop is so the sorcerer man doesn't steal your soul
A very admirable film in that it was the first commercially successful australian film that is entirely in an indigenous language. It was also written by Rolf De Heer in collaboration with david gulpilil, Peter Djigirr and the Yolngu peoples of Arnhem Land, giving it a level of authenticity that most contemporary films about aboriginal people completely lack.
While Rolf De Heer is a white man, and his influence on this shouldn't be understated. Had it been a production made without his influence it may have been the first film ever created with a completely uncolonised lense. But it's narrative structure, acting, dialogue and set design do convey an aboriginality that our national cinema is completely devoid of.
For that alone the film is a may be the least colonial australian film we have to date, and should be commended.
