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Bran Nue Dae

January 29, 2010February 3, 2010 / Whispering Gums / 2 Comments

You could hardly get two more different films than Warwick Thornton's Samson and Delilah and Rachel Perkins' Bran Nue Dae. Both are directed by indigenous Australians and both address indigenous Australian issues but, wow, how differently they do it. While Samson and Delilah is spare and almost without dialogue, Bran Nue Dae is exuberant and … Continue reading Bran Nue Dae

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