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At once benignly mischievous and profoundly serious, “We Don’t Need a Map,” the new documentary by “Samson & Delilah” director Warwick Thornton, explores the Southern Cross constellation,...
- Where Did The Southern Cross Come from?
- Emu Tracks and A Cosmological Map
- A Spike in Tattoo Removals
A stylised version of the Crux Australis constellation was mapped in a flag — reputedly designed by a Canadian — and raised during the Eureka Stockade rebellion, a miner's uprising against exorbitant government taxes and overregulation on the Victorian goldfields in 1854. More recently, the Southern Cross tattoo has become a visual metaphor for a p...
An idiosyncratic but natural presenter, Thornton travels the length of the continent to find deeply-embedded stories of creation and belonging that go beyond the latter-day colonisation of the skies. It has to be said that the real juice in this male-oriented film is the testimony of a cast of senior Yolngu, Warlpiri and Wardaman law men — each of ...
Another tangent in the story arc of We Don't Need A Map follows a former surf lifesaver as he undergoes laser removal of a Southern Cross tattoo. The clinician performing the procedure tells the camera that there's been a surge in the number of clients wanting to have theirs removed — due to embarrassment. A supporting cast of experts from historia...
Nov 8, 2017 · We Don't Need a Map: Directed by Warwick Thornton. With Trevor 'Reg' Abrahams, Adam Briggs, Timmy Burarrwanga, Phil Dennis. Warwick Thornton investigates our relationship to the Southern Cross, in this thought-provoking ride through Australia's cultural and political landscape.
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- Warwick Thornton
- 2017-11-08
We Don't Need a Map. Documentary, Adventure. 1h 27m 2017 English. Warwick Thornton examines Australians' relationship to the Southern Cross, a journey that takes him through Australia's political ...
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- 87 min
- Warwick Thornton
See 'We Don't Need A Map' in cinemas with Fan-Force.com-----This is the story of the hijacking of an Australian icon.The Southern Cross is the most famous co...
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We Don’t Need A Map is an epic telling of Australia’s history, told through our collective relationship to one famous constellation. It is a challenging, poetic essay about who we are as a nation.
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Acclaimed Australian Director Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah, Sweet Country) takes on the cultural phenomenon of nationalistic pride manifested symbolically, specifically white Australia’s obsession with the Southern Cross constellation.
