Something to watch tonight: Wednesday 29 January

Ten Canoes (de Heer, 2007)

I have been want­ing to recom­mend this since the news­let­ter star­ted but it wasn’t avail­able any­where until now.

There was time when I was edit­or of New Zealand’s film pro­duc­tion magazine, OnFilm, that I was invited to the Big Screen Symposium and Rolf de Heer was one of the speak­ers. A bet­ter advoc­ate for indi­gen­ous film you would struggle to find.

Here’s my brief review from August 2007:

Also not-to-be-missed is Ten Canoes, the first genu­inely indi­gen­ous film ever to come out of Australia. The Yolngu people of Arnhem Land in Northern Territory col­lab­or­ated with Rolf de Heer (The Tracker) to tell one of their own stor­ies – and tell it their own way – and the res­ult is beau­ti­ful and human and scata­logic­ally funny. A remind­er of what cinema can achieve when it is set free.

Also in that Capital Times column: Taika’s Eagle vs Shark, Bruce’s Live Free and Die Hard, Michael’s Sicko and Adam’s I Now Pronounce You Chuck and Larry.

Where to watch Ten Canoes

Aotearoa & Australia: Streaming on Brollie

UK: Streaming on Prime Video

Rest of the world: Not cur­rently avail­able online