Indigenous movies
There are many great movies about Indigenous people and culture. Here’s a list of some of them:
Films by Non-Indigenous directors:
|
Film title |
Director |
Movie type |
Year |
|
A Dying Shame |
Paul Roy |
documentary |
1997 |
|
Aborignial Rules |
Liam Campbell (co-director) |
drama |
2002 |
|
Babakiueria |
Don Featherstone |
comedy |
1987 |
|
Backroads |
Phillip Noyce |
drama |
1977 |
|
Benny and The Dreamers |
Ivo Burum |
documentary |
1993 |
|
Beyond The Dreamtime |
John Lind |
documentary |
1994 |
|
Black And White |
Craig Lahiff |
drama |
2002 |
|
Blackfellas |
James Ricketson |
drama |
1993 |
|
Bush Mechanics |
David Batty (co-director) |
comedy |
2001 |
|
Coolbaroo Club |
Roger Scholes |
documentary |
1996 |
|
Dead Heart |
Nick Parsons |
drama |
1997 |
|
Deadly |
Esben Storm |
drama |
1992 |
|
How The West Was Lost |
David Noakes |
documentary |
1987 |
|
Jedda |
Charles Chauvel |
drama |
1955 |
|
Kanyini |
Melanie Hogan |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Liyarn Ngarn |
Martin Mhando |
documentary |
2007 |
|
Rabbit Proof Fence |
Phillip Noyce |
drama |
2002 |
|
September |
Peter Carstairs |
drama |
2007 |
|
Serenades |
Mojgan Khadem |
drama |
2001 |
|
Sisters, Pearls and Mission Girls |
David Batty |
documentary |
2003 |
|
Storm Boy |
Henri Safran |
drama |
1976 |
|
Ten Canoes |
Rolf de Heer |
drama |
2006 |
|
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith |
Fred Schepisi |
drama |
1978 |
|
The Life of Harry Dare |
Aleski Vellis |
drama |
1995 |
|
The Fringe Dwellers |
Bruce Beresford |
drama |
1987 |
|
The Naked Country |
Tim Burstall |
drama |
1993 |
|
The Tracker |
Rolf de Heer |
drama |
2002 |
|
Think About It |
Richard and Wendy Friar |
political documentary |
2007 |
|
Walkabout |
Nicolas Roeg |
drama |
1971 |
|
Where the Green Ants Dream |
Werner Herzog |
documentary |
1984 |
|
Wrong Side of the Road |
Ned Lander |
drama |
1981 |
|
Yolngu Boy |
Stephen Johnson (III) |
drama |
2001 |
Films by Aboriginal directors:
|
Film title |
Director |
Movie type |
Year |
|
Aboriginal Rules |
Francis Kelly (co-director) |
drama |
2002 |
|
A Sister's Love |
Ivan Sen |
documentary |
2007 |
|
Aunty Connie |
Ivan Sen |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Back Seat |
Pauline Whyman |
drama |
2007 |
|
Bedevil |
Tracey Moffatt |
drama |
1993 |
|
Beneath Clouds |
Ivan Sen |
drama |
2002 |
|
Bit of Black Business |
various |
compilation |
2007 |
|
Black Chicks Talking |
Leah Purcell |
documentary |
2002 |
|
Bloodlines |
Jacob Nash |
short |
2007 |
|
Bush Mechanics |
Francis Kelly (co-director) |
comedy |
2001 |
|
Case 442 |
Mitch Torres |
drama |
2005 |
|
Crocodile Dreaming |
Darlene Johnson |
drama |
2007 |
|
Custard |
Michelle Blanchard |
drama |
2007 |
|
Days Like These |
Martin Leroy Adams |
drama |
2007 |
|
Done Dirt Cheap |
Debbie Carmody |
short |
2007 |
|
Fly, Peewee, Fly |
Sally Riley |
short |
1995 |
|
Freedom Ride |
Rachel Perkins and Ned R Lander |
documentary |
1993 |
|
Hush |
Dena Curtis |
comedy |
2007 |
|
Island Fettlers |
Kelrick Martin |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Jackie Jackie |
Adrian Willis |
short |
2007 |
|
Journey |
Ivan Sen |
short |
1997 |
|
Kwatye |
Trisha Morton-Thomas |
comedy |
2007 |
|
La Perouse Panthers |
Michael Longbottom |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Marluku Wirlinyi - Kangaroo Hunters |
Timothy J. Marshall & Craig J. Williams |
documentary |
1998 |
|
My Bed Your Bed |
Erica Glynn |
short |
1998 |
|
My Brother Vinnie |
Steven McGregor |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Nana |
Warwick Thornton |
short |
2007 |
|
Nigger Lovers |
Rhonda Hagan |
documentary |
2007 |
|
Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy |
Tracey Moffatt |
short |
1990 |
|
No Way to Forget |
Richard Franklin |
short |
1996 |
|
One Night the Moon |
Rachel Perkins |
musical/drama |
2001 |
|
Plains Empty |
Beck Cole |
short |
2004 |
|
Radiance |
Rachel Perkins |
drama |
1998 |
|
Sa Black Thing |
Rima Tamou |
short |
2005 |
|
Samson and Delilah |
Warwick Thornton |
drama |
2009 |
|
Sharpeye |
Aaron Fa'aoso |
short |
2007 |
|
Shifting Shelter 3 |
Ivan Sen |
documentary |
2006 |
|
Stolen Generations |
Darlene Johnson |
documentary |
2000 |
|
Tears |
Ivan Sen |
short |
1998 |
|
The Djarn Djarns |
Wayne Blair |
short |
2004 |
|
The Turtle |
Kelli Cross |
short |
2007 |
|
Too Late |
Michael Longbottom |
short |
2007 |
|
Two Big Boys |
Jon Bell |
short |
2007 |
|
Vote Yes for Aborigines |
Frances Peters-Little |
documentary |
2007 |
|
Warm Strangers |
Ivan Sen |
short |
1997 |
|
Wind |
Ivan Sen |
short |
1999 |
|
Yellow Fella |
Ivan Sen |
short |
2005 |
Source: http://www.creativespirits.info/resources/movies/index.html
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