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Director: Rolf de Heer
Genre: Family Drama, Drama
Release Date: May 25, 2007 (USA

Summary:
A man teaches his younger brother an important lesson through an ancient fable in this period comedy-drama shot in Australia, and the first feature film made in the Aboriginal language of Ganalbingu. As narrator David Gulpilil Ridjimiraril Dalaithngu sets up the story, we watch a group of tribesmen led by elder Minygululu (Peter Minygululu) set out... Full Summary >>

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Cast:
Crusoe Kurddal - (Ridjimiraril)
Jamie Dayindi Gulpilil Dalaithngu - (Dayindi/Yeeralparil)
Jamie Gulpilil
Richard Birrinbirrin - (Birrinbirrin)
Peter Minygululu - (Minygululu)
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Review:
Even if Ten Canoes had come across as insular and inaccessible, it would still have been a major achievement: the first film shot entirely in the Aboriginal language, with an exclusively Aboriginal cast. But writer-director Rolf de Heer ensures that ... Continue >>

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