Gurrumul
Apr 26, 2018 | IMDB 7
96 min Watch NowDocumentary, Music
Blind from birth, Dr G Yunupingu found his identity through song and the haunting voice that has already become legend. His debut album introduced Australia to the Songlines and culture of his Elcho Island community, but now Dr G Yunupingu finds himself increasingly torn between city and country, present and past, self and the community to which he owes so much.
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2021
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2023
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IMDB 5 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 1985
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IMDB 7 | Apr , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Sep , 2017
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2018
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IMDB 1 | Sep , 1989
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IMDB 8.2 | Sep , 1992
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IMDB 0 | Jun , 2024
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Feb , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Mar , 2020
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IMDB 0 | Jan , 1979
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IMDB 0 | Nov , 2022
The first mountains that the Amsterdam-based Colombian artist and filmmaker Ana Bravo Pérez saw in the Netherlands were black. In this experimental work, she follows the stench of the coal in the port of Amsterdam back to its origin: an open wound in northern Colombia. The mine is located in the territory of the Wayuu and has a huge impact on the indigenous people.The Bowraville Murders
IMDB 8 | Sep , 2021
The epic David vs Goliath battle for justice waged by the families of three Aboriginal children murdered in a small rural town 30 years ago, the system that failed them, and what it reveals about racism in Australia today.Double M Country
IMDB 0 | May , 2023
Carrie Davis was part of the child removal system near the end of the Sixties Scoop. With guidance from her uncle Emmett Sack and the community, Carrie reconnects to their land, language, and culture.Maximón: Devil or Saint
IMDB 10 | Feb , 2014
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IMDB 0 | Oct , 2009
On a summer day in the 1950s, a native girl watches the countryside go by from the backseat of a car. A woman at her kitchen table sings a lullaby in her Cree language. When the girl arrives at her destination, she undergoes a transformation that will turn the woman’s gentle voice into a howl of anger and pain.