Warwick Thornton Movies

This beautiful documentary is a character study of an old man named Norman Hayes Jagamarra who gave up droving and came to Coober Pedy decades ago to...

Paddy finds there are two separate laws, the white and the black.

In 1955, filmmaker Chauvel debuted Jedda. His star was a young Arrernte woman from Alice Springs named Ngarla Kunoth, or Rosalie. Her story, the...

54 years after being stolen from her traditional Aboriginal family under Australian Government policy, Zita Wallace is coming home. Guided by her...

13 short films showcasing indigenous filmmakers from around Australia.

A young Aboriginal oyster farmer meets an aerial artist when the circus comes to town and must decide whether he will follow in his family footsteps...

1910 Swedish scientist, Eric Mjoberg, led an expedition to Australia. DARK SCIENCE travels in Mjoberg's footsteps to visit the communities he robbed,...

Keao follows a young woman's journey of self-actualization through the use of ancient cultural practices.

Meth Kelly explores how Australia’s colonial frontier narrative has been shaped by the imaginary heroic actions of the cult figure Ned Kelly....

WILLIGAN'S FITZROY takes us to the small Aboriginal community of Fitzroy Crossing in Western Australia. Through the eyes of the local Aboriginal...

Burning Daylight is a dance/film project. The performance is set from late one night until dawn in a transit zone outside a notorious pub on a...

MARLUKU WIRLINYI is a tale of kangaroo hunting that weaves its way through Dreamtime, to the present and back again. A group of old Warlpiri men...

Jealousy is a curse. She's her own worse enemy, jealous, impulsive, sabotages herself, awake or asleep, in snagging her man, who is a reluctant...

With their ancient knowledge, traditional healers play a vital role in Aboriginal communities. This film follows three Ngangkari as they go about...

A David and Goliath story of a small Aboriginal community in Australia and their successful struggle to stop uranium mining on their land.