Film makers V Politicians

I went to see the film Ten Canoes the other day. Go and see it! In the last few months there have been some pretty damning images and reports about life in remote Indigenous Communities in the Northern Territory,. This has been compunded by some outrageous, uninformed and dangerous claims and solutions offered by Politicians whose idea of visiting a remote community involves a day trip (if that!)
Rolf De heer has obviously taken the time to get to know the people of Ramingining. He has sat down with them and listened to their story. He has realised the humour that exisits within this ancient culture. He has recognised that their way of telling a story is different to our way and while we may be impatient for the story to unfold according to our expectations, that is not how everyone sees the world. He had seemlessly interwoven the hutning story with the Dreamtime story and shown how Aboriginal people have been doing education for time immemorial. Spend 2 hours watching this film and you will learn more about the original inhabitant of this ancient land that any text book will teach you. You will begin to see the struggle of a people who are trying to live in two worlds and you will start to realise why this is so hard for them but what amazing strength of character and humour thay have managed to maintain.
Go and see this film.