The Tracker | David Gulpilil Retrospective. Photo: NFSA.
M | 90 Mins | 2002 | DCP | AUS | D: Rolf De Heer
Warning: this page contains names, images or voices of deceased Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Chained around the neck, an Aboriginal tracker (David Gulpilil) is forced to help three mounted police officers track a fugitive into rugged country.
The characters in Rolf de Heer’s film take on archetypal qualities, and Gulpilil’s quietly dignified performance carries the tragedy of history. Featuring a haunting soundtrack by Archie Roach and Peter Coad’s paintings in place of scenes of explicit violence.
“Like a tapestry unfolding the film charts the attitudes, the shifts and balances of power within the group as if it were the history of white settlement here.” – Margaret Pomeranz, SBS
The details
What: Screening of The Tracker
When: Sat 17 May 7:00 PM
Where: Arc Cinema, NFSA Acton
Cost: $8pp. Tickets available via NFSA.
