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Australian actor David Gulpilil was awarded Best Actor in the Un Certain Regard section of the prestigious Cannes Film Festival for his role in the film Charlie’s Country. It is the third collaboration between Gulpilil and director Rolf de Heer, forming a loose trilogy with Ten Canoes, the first film to be shot entirely in Aboriginal language, and The Tracker. Gulpilil plays Charlie, an ageing blackfella who is frustrated by the Australian government’s Northern Territory intervention and other intrusive whitefella laws that are being enforced on his remote Australian community. The movie was filmed in Gulpilil’s home country of Ramingining, Arnhem Land, where it also had its premiere at an outdoor bush screening. Inspired by David Gulpilil’s own life experiences, the actor and the director also worked collaboratively on the screenplay. The film received a standing ovation when it screened in Cannes in May where Rolf de Heer described the role as Gulpilil’s “greatest ever”. IN CINEMAS JULY 17
METROMEMBERGIVEAWAY Email The Lamp by the 10th of the month to be in the draw to win a double pass to Charlie’s Country thanks to eOne Films. email your name, membership number, address and telephone number to lamp@nswnma.asn.au for a chance to win! 4 8 | T H E L A M P J U LY 2 0 1 4