The Balanda and the Bark Canoes

Synopsis

A documentary about making the feature film "Ten Canoes". It is May, 2005 in Central Arnhem Land: 'We are making a movie. The story is their story, those that live on this land, in their language, and set a long time before the coming of the Balanda, as we white people are known. For the people of the Arafura Swamp, this film is an opportunity, maybe a last chance to hold on to the old ways. For all of us, the challenges are unexpected, the task beyond anything imagined. For me, it is the most difficult film I have made, in the most foreign land I've been to...and it is Australia.' - Rolf de Heer

Main Cast

Rolf de Heer

Self - Narrator

Age : 73 | Popularity : 5%

Crew

Department	Role	Name
Directing	Director	Rolf de Heer Tania Nehme Molly Reynolds
Writing	Writer	Rolf de Heer
Production	Producer	Rolf de Heer
Department	Role	Name

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