TEN CANOES (Australia)
SHOWING MONDAY, JANUARY 21, 2008
Rated PG, 90 minutes
Director: Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr, Actors: Crusoe Kurddal, Jamie Gulpilil, Richard Birrinbirrin, Peter Djigirr

The phenomenal TEN CANOES was the recipient of the Special Jury Prize at the 2006 Cannes Film Festival and swept the 2006 Australian Film Institute Awards, winning six categories including Best Film, Best Direction and Best Cinematography. Filmakers Rof de Heer (ALEXANDRA'S PROJECT, THE TRACKER) and Peter Djigirr have accomplished something extraordinary: they use the contemporary moving image to honour oral tradition and the result is a riveting celebration of both art forms. The results of a close collaboration with the Ramingining Aboriginal community of the Arnhem Land in Australia's Northern Territory, the film is part ethnography, part anthropology and, above all, a rollicking good time.

There are two stories - one framed within the other - in TEN CANOES. The first takes place one thousand years ago and the second a long time before that - just after "The Beginning", in fact. The core lesson within both stories is one of respect for one's culture and the laws that bind it, but there is little that is pretentious in TEN CANOES. Sumptuously shot by award-winning cinematographer Ian Jones (ALEXANDRA'S PROJECT, THE TRACKER), TEN CANOES offers a visual feast of Australia's majestic beauty. This humorous and mythical tale gives us a clearer appreciation of a little-understod culture.

Official website: www.tencanoes.com.au/tencanoes

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SHOW INFO

SHOW TIME
7:00 pm
GRAND REO THEATRE
Vanderhoof

Tickets available
at the door.
Please bring a donation
for the food bank.

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