Ten Canoes (2006)

Directors

Peter Djigirr, Rolf de Heer

Cast

Jamie Gulpilil, Crusoe Kurddal, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Minygululu

The story

The film is set in Arnhem Land, in a time separate of Western influence, and tells the story of a group of ten men in a traditional hunting context. The leader of the group, Minygululu, tells the young Dayindi (Jamie Gulpilil) a story about another young man even further back in time who, like Dayindi, coveted his elder brother's youngest wife. The sequences featuring Dayindi and the hunt are in black and white, while shots set in distant past are in colour.

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