Directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr • 2006 • Australia
Starring Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin
Australia, long, long ago . . . Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil), a young Aboriginal warrior, covets the youngest wife of his older brother. To teach him his proper path, an elder tells him a cautionary story from the mythical past—a wild and comic tale of illicit love, kidnapping, sorcery, bungling mayhem, and revenge gone wrong. Set in the forests and breathtaking vistas of Australia’s remote far north, narrated in English by David Gulpilil and subtitled in the Ganalbingu language, featuring remarkable performances from its wholly Aboriginal cast, and devised and filmed in creative collaboration with the people of Ramingining, TEN CANOES is a vibrant and inventive tale of desire and temptation, conflict and reconciliation that is rich in earthy humor and powerful emotion.
Directed by Rolf de Heer • 2013 • Australia
Starring David Gulpilil, Peter Djigirr, Luke Ford
Living in a remote Aboriginal community in the northern part of Australia, Charlie (David Gulpilil, who also cowrote the screenplay) is a warrior past his prime. As the government increases its strangle...
Directed by Molly Reynolds • 2015 • Australia
Starring David Gulpilil
The great Australian Aboriginal actor David Gulpilil tells the tale of ANOTHER COUNTRY, a story of what happened when his people’s traditional way of life was interrupted by the devastating effects of colonialism. This urgent ...
Directed by Molly Reynolds • 2021 • Australia
Starring David Gulpilil
After his terminal cancer diagnosis in 2017, the late Indigenous screen legend David Gulpilil sat down in front of the camera to tell his story in his own words, taking us boldly on the journey that was his extraordinary life...
