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Jun 9, 2021 · The Twelve Canoes website showcases 12 short, linked audiovisual pieces, plus extras, that together paint a compelling portrait of the history, culture and place of the Yolngu people. The homeland of the Yolngu people is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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Oct 3, 2009 · Twelve Canoes: Directed by Rolf de Heer, Molly Reynolds. "Twelve Canoes" is a series of short films that paint a compelling portrait of the people, history, culture and place of the Yolngu people whose homeland is the Arafura Swamp of north-central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory.
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- Rolf de Heer, Molly Reynolds
- 2009-10-03
Aug 27, 2009 · Following the world-wide success of Oscar winning feature film Ten Canoes, the indigenous Yolngu... The oldest culture in the world meets the newest technology.
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Ten Canoes is a 2006 Australian historical drama/docudrama film directed by Rolf de Heer and Peter Djigirr and starring Crusoe Kurddal. The film is set in Arnhem Land in northern Australia, before Western influence, and tells the story of a group of ten men doing traditional hunting in canoes.
TWELVE CANOES: Consisting of twelve video pieces that provide a visual portrait of the history, culture and environment of the Yolngu people of the Arafura swamp of north-central Arnhem Land, in the Northern Territory. Once a video piece has been ac-cessed, its companion short videos are accessible through the ‘extras’ link.
Twelve Canoes is a documentary follow-up to his Un Certain Regard winning feature, Ten Canoes. He co-directs with Molly Reynolds, but both are really acting as a conduit here for the Yolngu to tell their own tales.
