Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen (1984)

Directors

Werner Herzog

Cast

Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett, Norman Kaye

The story

Lance Hackett, a geologist for Ayers Mining Company, has identified a promising location to search for uranium in the Outback near Coober Pedy, South Australia. Explosives are to be used to analyze the "geological substructure of the region", so the local Aboriginal people block the work, as they claim the area is where the green ants dream, and that disturbing the ants will destroy humanity. Hackett finds himself the intermediary between his employer and the tribe, and becomes increasingly sympathetic to the indigenous worldview and cause.

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