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On MAY 26 cinemas across Australia unite to honour living legend David Gulpilil!Ahead of the national theatrical release of MY NAME IS GULPILIL on May 27, cinemas across all states and territories will unite on the evening of May 26 for a live-streamed, INTERACTIVE Q&A EVENT, honouring the screen career of Australian living legend David Gulpilil.
Joining us are some very special people who have been part of David's extraordinary journey:
• Close friend and screen legend, Jack Thompson OAM PhD
• Artistic Director of @BangarraDanceTheatre, Stephen Page
• Founding member of @YothuYindi and producer/star of @HighGround, Witiyana Marika
• Australia’s leading film critic and longtime friend, Margaret Pomeranz.
The event will be hosted by media personality, founding member of the acclaimed @MarngrookFootyShow and close kin of David, #Yolngu woman, Leila Gurruwiwi.
MY NAME IS GULPILIL - SYNOPSIS
Nearing the end of his extraordinary, culture-clashing life, the great Australian actor David Gulpilil performs one last time. Engaging with the camera as never before, he calls upon his electrifying, mesmerising screen presence to connect with what is for him, his final audience.
Gulpilil shows us what it was to live a dizzying mix of traditional Aboriginal ways and modern Hollywood excess. He reminisces about his films, from Storm Boy and Crocodile Dundee to Rabbit Proof Fence and Charlie's Country, and the effects of his fame on a tribal boy from Arnhem Land. He explores his worlds of acting, of dancing, and painting...and what it is to stare down death.
But life interferes with David's march towards his personal end...in his words, "I should have been dead long time ago!"
In this, his final film, the great Australian actor David Gulpilil shows what a survivor he is, and he how came to be the living legend we know him to be.
My Name is Gulpilil is directed by Molly Reynolds and produced by Rolf de Heer, Peter Djigirr, David Gulpilil and Molly Reynolds. Produced and Filmed on Ngarrindjeri, Kaurna and Andyamathana Lands.
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BCC Cinemas Townsville Central, 10 Little Fletcher Street, Townsville, Australia
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