David Gulpilil

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

Diagnosed with lung cancer, legendary Australian actor David Gulpilil boldly explains the journey that is his extraordinary, culture-clashing life.

Cargo nos lleva hasta un mundo azotado por un apocalipsis zombi. Un hombre que es mordido e infectado por la epidemia zombi trata de poner a salvo a su hija de unos meses de vida antes de convertirse en un muerto viviente.

El detective indígena Jay Swan llega a la ciudad fronteriza de Goldstone en una investigación sobre personas desaparecidas. Lo que parece una sencilla investigación se abrirá en una red de crimen y corrupción. Jay deberá aunar esfuerzos con el joven policía local Josh, de modo que ambos devuelvan la justicia a Goldstone.

In a playful collision of cultures, a hapless Irishman and his Parisian girlfriend get more than they bargained for when they encounter a particularly mischievous stranger in the spectacular Australian wilderness.

In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the story of when his people's way of life was derailed by ours.

In this documentary companion to CHARLIE'S COUNTRY, Australian actor David Gulpilil tells the story of when his people's way of life was derailed by ours.

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

Blackfella Charlie is getting older, and he's out of sorts. The intervention is making life more difficult on his remote community, what with the proper policing of whitefella laws that don't generally make much sense, and Charlie's kin and ken seeming more interested in going along with things than doing anything about it. So Charlie takes off, to live the old way, but in doing so sets off a chain of events in his life that has him return to his community chastened, and somewhat the wiser.

When his grandfather's drive-in cinema and home in the outback town of Wyndham is threatened with demolition, a twelve-year-old Aboriginal boy must journey through Australia's bush country — equipped only with ancient survival skills — to stop the city developers.

Lady Sarah Ashley (Nicole Kidman), una aristócrata inglesa, se ha pasado la vida persiguiendo la perfección superficial, pero un matrimonio sin amor y sin hijos le ha privado de cualquier cosa importante que no sea su cuadra de caballos. Convencida de que su marido le es infiel, la empecinada Sarah viaja desde Londres hasta el remoto reducto tropical de Darwin (Australia) para enfrentarse a él. Su reacio guía a través del inmenso e inmisericorde terreno del territorio septentrional es Drover (Hugh Jackman), un ganadero tan tosco y basto como refinada es Sarah. Su profunda antipatía mutua se ve aminorada por la tragedia cuando Sarah, de repente, se halla cuidando a un encantador y joven huérfano llamado Nullah (Brandon Walters), un muchacho mestizo a la deriva en una sociedad segregada que le trata como un paria.

Crocodile Dreaming is a modern day supernatural myth about two estranged brothers, played by iconic Indigenous actors David Gulpill and Tom E. Lewis. Separated at birth, they have different fathers. One is readily accepted as a full-fledged member of the tribe and is looked on to fulfill the duties of jungaiy, an important ceremonial role which obliges him to be caretaker for his mother's dreaming, the crocodile totem. The other, whose father was white, is younger and has had to struggle to fit into the tribe who see him only as a yella fella.

Como hace miles de años, una tribu de nativos en Australia vive en armonia, rodeada de una naturaleza virgen. Dayindi (Jamie gulpilil), un joven guerrero, desea a una de las esposas de su hermano mayor. Para aconsejarlo, uno de los ancianos de la comunidad le cuenta una vieja historia de violencia, amor ilicito, brujeria, mutilacion y venganza. ¿Podra Dayindi sacar provecho del relato? Ten canoes es una tragicomedia surreal, narrada en la lengua aborígen de Ganalbingu, y situada la región alejada del pantano de Arafura de la tierra nororiental de Arnhem

Australia, finales del siglo XIX. El capitán Stanley (Winstone) ha capturado a dos jóvenes de la banda de los hermanos Burns. El trato que Stanley le ofrece al hermano mediano coloca a éste frente a un dramático dilema moral: si decide salvar a su hermano menor de morir en la horca, entonces morirá su hermano mayor.

This documentary follows Phillip Noyce as he tries to find three aboriginal girls able to act in his film Rabbit Proof Fence. The film sees a cast of 100's whittled down to the eventual three girls and follows them through workshops and into the difficult shoot.

A white collector of Aboriginal art gets a shock when the Mimi sculpture she purchased comes to life.

Australia, año 1922. Tres hombres blancos, contratados por el gobierno, siguen la pista por el outback australiano para atrapar a un nativo, supuesto violador y asesino de una mujer blanca. En su búsqueda les ayuda un experimentado rastreador, también aborígen.

In 1931, three Aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff, and set off on a trek across the Outback.

An hour-long documentary on the life and career of actor David Gulpilil.

Set in the 1890s in the central desert region of Australia, 'Serenades' tells the tale of Jila who is conceived when her Afghan cameleer father wins her Aboriginal mother in a card game.

1999. Mientras conduce, una mujer (Dommartin) choca con el coche de unos delincuentes que acaban de atracar un banco y que la obligan a colaborar con ellos en el traslado del dinero a un lugar de París. En el trayecto, conoce a Sam (Hurt), un fugitivo perseguido por la CIA, que le explica que los delitos que le imputan son falsos y que lo que, en realidad, quieren es arrebatarle un invento de su padre que permite revisar los sueños.

En el interior de Australia, un guardaparques y dos guías locales se dispusieron a rastrear a un cocodrilo gigante que ha estado matando y comiendo a la población local.

Michael Dundee es un amigable y rudo cazador de cocodrilos en el salvaje outback australiano que, por su original filosofía de la vida, es considerado como un héroe entre los suyos. Su fama llega a oídos de Sue Charlton, una reportera de Nueva York que decide ir a Australia para visitarle y, una vez allí, le convence para que le acompañe en su viaje de regreso a América.

El libro de Tom Wolfe sobre la historia del programa espacial de los Estados Unidos, se lee como si fuera una novela, y la película mantiene esa misma emocionante apariencia de ficción. Hace un recorrido desde la rotura de la barrera del sonido por Chuck Yeager en la base de la Fuerza Aérea de Edwards hasta los 7 astronautas seleccionados para el programa Mercurio, el primer proyecto de los Estados Unidos para enviar personas al espacio. Muestra que nadie tenía ni idea de cómo desarrollar un programa espacial o cual era la forma de seleccionar a las personas que debían participar en ella. Emocionante, divertido y encantador, todo a la vez.

Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The film shows how Gulpilil is always working to bridge the gap between the tribal Aboriginal and Western worlds. He divides his time between a traditional tribal lifestyle and his artistic work, which has included major film roles, collaboration with contemporary dance and music groups and teaching Aboriginal dance and culture. Bill and David travel to Hollywood where David was the most popular Australian in the world at that time, with FOUR films playing in America – WALKABOUT, STORM BOY, THE LAST WAVE and MAD DOG MORGAN. After relating to both the black and native American cultures and filming a quick scene for a big Hollywood picture, he pines to head back through the Outback to his beloved Arnhem Land. Edited by Simon Dibbs and shot by Ray Henman.

David Gulpilil performs three Aboriginal dances, Emu, Kangaroo and Fish. The first two are solo performances by Gulpilil and are closer to mime than dance. The third is a group dance with some of the children from Bamyili where Gulpilil lives in the Northern Territory.

Exploring the relationship between Aboriginal people and their land (including the Dreaming, sacred places), this film was inspired by Silas Roberts’ submission to the 1976 Australian Government inquiry on uranium mining - the Ranger Uranium Environmental Inquiry. Silas, whose tribal name is Ngourladi, is an elder of the Allawa clan and was the first chairman of the Northern Land Council, established to assist Aboriginal people make land rights claims based on traditional ownership. The film, which moves from Arnhem Land in the north to Yuendumu in the centre, examines the importance of maintaining Aboriginal culture and laws and explains the reasons why they object to the mining being carried out.

Mike is a lonely Australian boy living in a coastal wilderness with his reclusive father. In search of friendship he encounters an Aboriginal native loner and the two form a bond in the care of orphaned pelicans.

David Burton es un abogado australiano que vive tranquilamente con su hija y su esposa hasta que unos sueños premonitorios le revelan parte del conocimiento prohibido de los aborígenes. Un asesinato que debe investigar le pondrá en contacto con Chris, integrante de una tribu y conocedor de sus rituales.

En otoño de 1865 el famoso forajido, Bushranger Dan Morgan (Dennis Hopper), cruzó el río Murray, de Nueva Gales del Sur (Australia), para luchar por última vez. Lo que allí ocurrió es un misterio. Pero desde aquel día se le llama Mad "Dog" Morgan. (FILMAFFINITY)

A documentary about the making of the Australian feature Mad Dog Morgan (1976).

Dos niños vagan por el desierto australiano, abandonados a su suerte, tras haberse suicidado su padre. Allí conocerán a un aborigen.

In 1973, fresh from his performance in Walkabout, a film that brought outback landscapes to urban audiences, Gulpilil returned the favour by paying a visit to Melbourne with camera in hand, shooting a wry fly-on-the-wall documentary that compares the sights and sounds of the city to those of his home in Arnhem Land.

In 1973, fresh from his performance in Walkabout, a film that brought outback landscapes to urban audiences, Gulpilil returned the favour by paying a visit to Melbourne with camera in hand, shooting a wry fly-on-the-wall documentary that compares the sights and sounds of the city to those of his home in Arnhem Land.

In 1973, fresh from his performance in Walkabout, a film that brought outback landscapes to urban audiences, Gulpilil returned the favour by paying a visit to Melbourne with camera in hand, shooting a wry fly-on-the-wall documentary that compares the sights and sounds of the city to those of his home in Arnhem Land.