Ten canoes is a quiet film, a film about how aboriginal life has been 1,000 years ago and maybe even before that. The film functions on one level as an artefact a record of these languages thus supporting the yolgnus aims of selfrepresentation and cultural maintenance. Jul 19, 2006 53rd sydney film festivalpart 2 ten canoes. Ten canoes combines adventure, comedy, and anthropology to explore an aborigine folk tale both fallibly human and legendary. The mythical story is told for dayindi benefit but the tribal story is told for the audiences. The proposition is an action, adventure movie starring guy pearce, ray winstone and emily watson. Ten canoes is a quiet film, a film about how aboriginal life has been 1,000 years ago and maybe even before that be also prepared to see lots of mainly male nudity, listen to jokes about farting or see a speared man dying. Jan 01, 2009 ten canoes has complex layers of moral teaching. It reminds me that we are all human, with shared human experiences from the little things.
Jul 14, 2015 ten canoes depicts a story within a story, in which a young mans jamie gulpilil, davids son lust for the village elders wife is juxtaposed with a parallel story from antiquity. I really love this film because it helps remind me of the beauty of our land and the beauty of the culture that thrived here for thousands of years before white settlement. Cowritten and narrated by veteran actor david gulpilil walkabout, it offers an ancient tale of. Gulpilil is the canny, subtle and funny narrator of 10 canoes, a film of unutterable beauty, hypnotic fascination and universal humanity. Ten canoes depicts a story within a story, in which a young mans jamie gulpilil, davids son lust for the village elders wife is juxtaposed with a parallel story from antiquity. An arthouse film filled with more humor and skilled acting than most hollywood blockbusters, ten canoes is a wry story within a story. It is unique in that it is the first feature film to be shot entirely in aboriginal language predominantly ganalbingu. It is the first ever movie entirely filmed in australian aboriginal. Ten canoes 2006 where to watch it streaming online reelgood. Ten canoes is a feature film that was shot on and around the arafura swamp in northeastern arnhem land in the northern territory of australia. In australias northern territory, a man tells us a story of his people and his land. Curators notes ten canoes 2006 on aso australias audio. One hundred and fifty spears, ten canoes, three wives. Jul 17, 20 hoping to teach younger brother dayindi jamie gulpilil a lesson about fidelity, aboriginal elder minygululu peter minygululu weaves a lengthy and poigna.
Ten canoes rewatched ethnographic document meets high. One of the men, the young fella, has a wrong love, so the old man tell him a story a story of the ancient ones, them wild and crazy ancestors who come after the spirit time, after the flood that covered the whole land. Underlying ten canoes is the respect aboriginals have for the art of storytelling as a means of entertainment and a carrier of tribal meaning and solidarity. Oct 10, 2006 ten canoes posted on october 10, 2006 by will when i was a youngster in the 1950s, i longed for movies that would turn my bookish worlds of superheroes and dinosaurs into living adventures that would transport me with color and sound and action.
It is the first ever movie entirely filmed in australian aboriginal languages. The inspiration for the film was a photograph by the australian anthropologist donald thomson of ten men in canoes on a swamp. Ten canoes combines adventure, comedy, and anthropology to. Also sign me up for fanmail to get updates on all things movies. The mythical story is told for dayindi benefit but the tribal story is told for the audiences benefit, to teach us all how to live proper way. Apocalypse star olivia munn says director bryan singer would check out from the films set. Ten canoes is an invitation to nonindigenous peoples and indigenous peoples from other parts of the country to glimpse the ancient world of the yolngu through this film, which is a combination of ethnographically inspired narrative, juxtaposed with ancient indigenous cultural beliefs and traditions. Once upon a time, about a thousand years ago, and well before the arrival of the white man down under, ten aborigines made their way into the forest to find just the right tree bark to build themselves some canoes. Shot in and around the arafura wetlands of central. Forget hollywood, action or predictable stories, even forget fastpaced entertainment. The film is narrated by the legendary david gulpilil walkabout, rabbit proof fence, the proposition. With crusoe kurddal, jamie gulpilil, richard birrinbirrin, peter minygululu. Rent ten canoes 2006 on dvd and bluray dvd netflix.
Jun 03, 2009 ten canoes illustrates the power of storytelling and how it creates a relationship not just between all the characters from the various parts of the film, but with the audience watching the film. Ten canoes is an invitation to nonindigenous peoples and indigenous peoples from other parts of the country to glimpse the ancient world of the yolngu through this film, which is a combination of ethnographically inspired narrative, juxtaposed with ancient indigenous cultural beliefs and traditions ten canoes successfully creates a space for nonindigenous peoples to. Enter your location to see which movie theaters are playing ten canoes near you. The entire cast are people indigenous to the swamp region, mainly ganalbingu and related clans, who are also. Ten canoes is an extraordinarily unique film about the indigenous australian yolngu people, who live in arnhem land in the northern territory. Be also prepared to see lots of mainly male nudity, listen to jokes about farting or see a speared man dying. Rent ten canoes 2006 starring jamie gulpilil and peter minygululu on dvd and bluray. The first feature to be made in the ganalbingu language is a visually stunning, and often funny passage into traditional aboriginal culture. Ten canoes begins with a playful acknowledgement of the type of stories that nonindigenous australian audiences are used to seeing. The story travels even further back to the dreamtime and has a timeless quality that has made it an instant classic. At once a wry fable about jealousy and desire, a fascinating ethnographic document and.
Ten canoes leaps over all that in a single bound, with unlimited optimism. In order to list similar films to ten canoes weve taken into account numerous factors including film genre, storyline and headlining actors. This article discusses the theatrical version of ten canoes containing yolngu language with english subtitles and english narration by david gulpilil ten canoes is an extraordinarily unique film about the indigenous australian yolngu people, who live in arnhem land in the northern territory. Ten canoes was created for multiple audiences whose different knowledge and purposes were considered by the collaborators. Ten canoes 2007 presenting a tale within a tale, this australian film follows dayindi jamie gulpilil, a young aboriginal warrior, as he wanders the wilderness hunting for eggs.
This is the basic idea behind ten canoes, the first, australian fulllength feature shot in an indigenous tongue. In the film, a tribal elder named minygululu peter minygululu is leading men on an expedition that includes harvesting bark to make canoes. Models of collaboration in the making of ten canoes 2006. Watch balanda and the bark canoes, the online vimeo. The latest in the series of nfsa connects events continued to foster a sense of belonging for a national community of teachers and learners, putting them in touch with some of the nations finest creative artists on key works in the curriculum ten canoes allows us to glimpse the ancient world of the yolngu through the story of a young warrior dayindi played by. A parable of forbidden love from australias mythical past, with storytelling by australian icon david gulpilil crocodile dundee and rabbitproof fence and. Ten canoes posted on october 10, 2006 by will when i was a youngster in the 1950s, i longed for movies that would turn my bookish worlds of superheroes and dinosaurs into living adventures that would transport me with color and sound and action. Hoping to teach younger brother dayindi jamie gulpilil a lesson about fidelity, aboriginal elder minygululu peter minygululu weaves a lengthy and poigna. The initial casting of the movie was for four of those ten.
This article discusses the theatrical version of ten canoes containing yolngu language with english subtitles and english narration by david gulpilil. Under the combined direction of acclaimed australian filmmaker. Costumista possono notare cinematografo e sonda sul tuo aggeggio. The characters dialogue has been augmented with the voice an englishspeaking narrator, which has the effect of imbuing the production, periodically. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all. Ten canoes is the first feature film to be made in an aboriginal language, predominantly in ganalbingu but also with some mandalpingu. Ten canoes received its world premiere at australias adelaide festival of arts, and was first screened in north america at the 2006 toronto film festival. Its not hard to see why ten canoes received such acclaim at the 2006 cannes international film festival. Ten canoes was nominated for 7 australian film institute awards and won 6, including best cinematography, best direction and best film. Movies like ten canoes on this page weve found similar blockbuster movies which include keywords like sex, nudity and female nudity. Aborigines have appeared as main or secondary characters in australian films but it is all too rare for films to be all about them, their culture, history and legends. Its about an older man, minygululu, who has three wives and realizes that his younger brother dayindi may try to steal away the youngest wife.
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