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Where the Green Ants Dream (German: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) is a 1984 English-language West German film directed and co-written by Werner Herzog, made in Australia.
Feb 8, 1985 · Where the Green Ants Dream: Directed by Werner Herzog. With Bruce Spence, Wandjuk Marika, Roy Marika, Ray Barrett. A geologist employed by an Australian mining company finds himself disputing the rights of some aborigines who believe their land to be sacred.
Hackett's work is interrupted by Aboriginals Miliritbi (Wandjuk Marika) and Dayipu (Roy Marika), who claim that green ants dream underneath this land, and, if the insects' slumbers are...
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This is grim territory, but it is sacred land to the Aborigines, who believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, unspeakable calamities will rain down on future generations.
Feb 9, 2024 · Explore Herzog's 'Where the Green Ants Dream', a unique film blending Australian landscapes, Aboriginal lore, and socio-political commentary.
The geologist Lance Hackett is employed by an Australian mining company to map the subsoil of a desert area covered with ant hills prior to a possible uranium extraction. His work is impeded by some aborigines who explain that this is the place where the green ants dream.
Where the Green Ants Dream (German: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) is a 1984 film by German film director Werner Herzog. It was Herzog's first film in English although also dubbed into German.
