| Uniform Title |
Emu Runner (Motion picture : 2018) |
| Title |
Emu Runner. |
| Published |
Australia : Distributed by Umbrella Entertainment Australia, ©2020. |
| ©2018 |
| Description |
1 DVD-video (95 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Notes |
Catalogued from container. |
| Umbrella Entertainment : DAVID4108. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2018. |
| WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons. |
| "Nature can mend even the most broken heart" --Cover. |
| Special feature: Making of Emu Runner featurette (plays after main feature). |
| Credits |
Written and directed by Imogen Thomas, produced by Victor Evatt, Antonia Barnard, John Fink, Gabriel Barber-Shipton, Imogen Thomas. |
| Performers |
Rhae-Kye Waites, Wayne Blair, Rob Carlton, Georgia Blizzard, Maurial Spearim, Stella Carter, Mary Waites, Lindsay Waites, Letisha Boney, Rodney McHughes. |
| Summary |
When nine-year-old Gem Daniels loses her mother, she feels as if no one understands her pain - not her similarly grieving father, her well-meaning teachers nor the inexperienced social worker dispatched to discover why she's skipping school. Instead, the spirited girl only feels at ease with a wild emu, forging a rewarding bond with her ancestors' traditional totem animal. From its eye-catching landscape, to its tender narrative, to the charismatic performance from newcomer Rhae-Kye Waites as Gem, Emu Runner is a standout local drama for all ages, spinning a tale both specific in its exploration of Australia's race relations and universal in its emotions. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : PG. |
| System details |
DVD video ; Dolby Digital 5.1 ; NTSC ; Region 4 ; widescreen 16:9, Full frame 1.85:1. |
| Language note |
English. No subtitles. |
| Subjects |
Mothers -- Death -- Drama |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Children -- Drama |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social conditions -- Drama |
| Families, Aboriginal Australian -- New South Wales -- Brewarrina -- Drama |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Kinship -- Drama |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs -- Drama |
| Ngemba (Australian people) -- Drama |
| Totems -- New South Wales -- Brewarrina -- Drama |
| Feature films -- Australia |
| Motion pictures, Australian |
| Brewarrina (N.S.W.). -- Drama |
| Genre |
Melodramas (Motion pictures) |
| Feature films |
| Fiction films |
| Other Names |
Thomas, Imogen director, producer, screenwriter. |
| Evatt, Victor producer. |
| Barnard, Antonia producer. |
| Waites, Rhae-Kye actor. |
| Blair, Wayne, 1971- actor. |
| Carlton, Rob actor. |
| Blizzard, Georgia actor. |
| Spearim, Maurial actor. |
| Carter, Stella actor. |
| Waites, Mary actor. |
| Waites, Lindsay actor. |
| Boney, Letisha actor. |
| McHughes, Rodney actor. |
| Links to Related Works |
Subject References:
Authors:
- Barnard, Antonia .
- Blair, Wayne, 1971- .
- Blizzard, Georgia .
- Boney, Letisha .
- Carlton, Rob .
- Carter, Stella .
- Evatt, Victor .
- McHughes, Rodney .
- Spearim, Maurial .
- Thomas, Imogen .
- Waites, Lindsay .
- Waites, Mary .
- Waites, Rhae-Kye .
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