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My Name is Gulpilil: Directed by Molly Reynolds. With David Gulpilil, Sara Bailey, Mary Dhapalany, Peter Djigirr. Early in 2017, Gulpilil was diagnosed with lung cancer.
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- Documentary, Biography
- Molly Reynolds
- 2021-05-27
My Name Is Gulpilil is a 2021 documentary film about the life of celebrated Australian actor David Gulpilil, at the time sick with stage four lung cancer.
After his terminal cancer diagnosis in 2017, the late Indigenous screen legend David Gulpilil sits down in front of the camera one last time to tell his story in his own words, taking us...
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- David Gulpilil
- Molly Reynolds
- Vertigo Productions
Sep 22, 2021 · Integral to the telling of so many legendary screen stories, David Gulpilil, now nearing the end of his life, generously shares his own story with us in My Name is Gulpilil. The actor, dancer...
- 2 min
- 26.2K
- Madman Films
- The Face of Australian Cinema
- Early Prejudice
- Defying The Odds
- Struggles
Gulpilil displays no false modesty when discussing his credentials as a performer in this film. Indeed, to chart Gulpilil’s career is to map the contours of the last 50 years of Australian cinema. He made his acting debut as a teenager in Walkabout(1971). His performance displayed the lithe physicality that would define Gulpilil’s magnetic cinemati...
Reynolds previously followed Gulpilil for Another Country(2015), a companion documentary to Charlie’s Country which observed life in Gulpilil’s Ramingining community in Arnhem Land. Another Country was a stark condemnation of culture clash and social disadvantage, a cry for self-determination in the face of destructive government intervention. That...
The film’s most affecting material is its depiction of Gulpilil’s current life, spending his days modestly in Murray Bridge, southeast of Adelaide, and travelling to the city to receive cancer treatment. When the film was commissioned by the Adelaide Film Festival following his 2017 cancer diagnosis, it was expected the documentary production would...
My Name is Gulpilil does not shy away from Gulpilil’s brushes with the law, his struggles with addiction, and the physical toll of the gruelling treatments he now receives. Gulpilil speaks openly about his impending death, his loneliness, and his plans for his funeral. As it goes on, My Name is Gulpilil becomes a sensitive portrait of displacement,...
- Nicholas Godfrey
Oct 15, 2023 · A true icon of Australian cinema. His mesmerising, electrifying presence leapt off the big screen and changed Australian screen representation forever. The o...
- 2 min
- 680
- DocPlay
May 25, 2021 · The acclaimed actor takes control of the narrative of his life in the intimate new documentary My Name is Gulpilil, telling his own story in his own way and words.
