Collections/June 2022

Aboriginal Australia: Six Films by Warwick Thornton

One of contemporary international cinema’s most vital voices, Australian Kaytetye filmmaker Warwick Thornton spotlights the history, lives, and experiences of Australia’s Indigenous community, weaving elements of traditional Aboriginal storytelling into works of immense beauty, pain, and power. Since breaking through with his Cannes prizewinner Samson and Delilah —a wrenching portrait of the relationship between two troubled Aboriginal teenagers—Thornton (who also serves as cinematographer on nearly all his work) has continued to evolve in surprising directions, as seen in his acclaimed Sweet Country , a stylish Outback-set western that confronts Australia’s history of racism and brutality.

6 films — 0 on the Channel, 6 unavailable