JOURNEY HOME DAVID GULPILIL (M) Au 89min
Schedule
Sun, 07 Dec, 2025 at 06:30 am
UTC+10:00Location
Event Cinema Cairns Central | Cairns, QL
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Journey to remote Australia for a celebration of life like you’ve never seen before.When Australia’s most renowned Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passes away far from his Homeland, his family struggle against huge logistical challenges to fulfill his final wish, to bury him on his Homeland, over four and a half thousand kilometres away.
Narrated by Hugh Jackman, with contributions from Limbo star Natasha Wanganeen and also featuring storytelling from Baker Boy – a sure sign of just how high esteem Gulpilil was held in by his colleagues – this thoughtful and sensitively told doco allows the audience a remarkable insight into cultural practices that would normally remain far from the eyes of Balanda (non-Indigenous people, in Yolŋu Matha) as preparations are made for his Bäpurru (funeral). There’s no understating the generosity of this gift.
It’s one heck of a journey, involving boats, jeeps, planes and a helicopter, no less, with representatives from many clans guiding the way with great reverence as Gulpilil’s procession visits countless communities along the way. He’s also honoured in the NT parliament; a suitably epic send-off for someone who will shimmer for eternity on the silver screen.
In English (M) 89 mins.
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