It is the type of
film that might not appeal to fans of
Westerns, but those who have even a little
appreciation for the old frontier that have never seen this feature need to.
I'd seen this
film a long time ago but when I saw it again this time, I had a much better
appreciation of the Aboriginal way of being and the thing that really struck me in this
film was there was a section of the
film where they were going to do this aeroplane song and dance corroboree and they were getting ready for it and you know there are all these Elders and you know very wise and respected Elders you know making their costumes they were gonna wear, talking about how it was gonna be and in amongst all these people there's little children you know of one 1 or 2 or 3 years old who were just crawling around and you know watching and listening, trying on their head - dresses and they were completely welcomed into that adult community, there was no sense of, you know this is grown up business, you kids go off and play which is very much the
western model.