CARRIBERRIE (2018) [Feature]

Australia (MIFF2018,Special Event)
Director: Dominic Allen

An exhilarating and visceral film that tells the expansive story of Carriberrie: Indigenous Australian song and dance.

Beginning with a stunning passage from the highly acclaimed Sydney Opera House performance of Bennelong by Australia's premier Aboriginal dance theatre group, Bangarra, actor and performers Jack Charles and David Gulpilil welcome audiences on a concentric, snake-like journey through time and space. We travel from traditional ceremonial dance and song, towards intrinsically contemporary and modern expressions. 

Intimate, immersive and breathtaking, this documentary showcases a stunning range of Australian locations and performances, from iconic ceremonial traditional dance in Uluru through to food gathering dances in the rain forest, war songs on the most northern tip of Australia and funeral songs in the wetlands before culminating with a highly charged hunting track in the central desert. An affecting journey rich in cultural significance, every bit as soaring as the fulldome experience itself.


The 4 and 5 August sessions will feature a live dance performance.

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