The Balanda and the Bark Canoes
2006, English. Directed by Rolf de Heer & Tania Nehme & Molly Reynolds.
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
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- 0h 55m
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- 7 September 2006
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- Australia
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- Rolf de Heer
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Who directed The Balanda and the Bark Canoes?
The Balanda and the Bark Canoes (2006) was directed by Rolf de Heer and Tania Nehme and Molly Reynolds and stars Rolf de Heer.