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We Don't Need a Map - Classroom Resources SBS
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SBS. (2017). You are here. Retrieved from https://www.sbs.com.au/learn/you-are-hereWarwick Thornton's documentary We Don't Need a Map explores the place of the Southern Cross in the Australian psyche. Clips and teacher notes are available.
We Don't Need a Map - Press kit
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Screen NSW. (2017). Press kit. Retrieved fromhttps://www.roninfilms.com.au/get/files/ 14984.pdfThis is the story of the hijacking of an Australian icon.
Introduction
THE HIJACKING OF AN AUSTRALIAN ICON
The Southern Cross is the most famous constellation in the southern hemisphere.
Ever since colonisation it’s been claimed, appropriated and hotly-contested for ownership by a radical range of Australian groups. But for Aboriginal people the meaning of this heavenly body is deeply spiritual. And just about completely unknown. For a start, the Southern Cross isn’t even a cross - it’s a totem that’s deeply woven into the spiritual and practical lives of Aboriginal people.
One of Australia’s leading film-makers, Warwick Thornton, tackles this fiery subject head-on in this bold, poetic essay-film. We Don’t Need a Map asks questions about where the Southern Cross sits in the Australian psyche.
Imbued with Warwick’s cavalier spirit, this is a fun and thought-provoking ride through Australia’s cultural and political landscape.
We Don't Need a Map
Fletcher, B. (Producer) & Thornton, W. (Director). (2017). We Don't Need a Map [Motion Picture]. AUS: Barefoot Communications
The Point: Warwick Thornton
NITV, (2017, July 28). The Point [Television Broadcast]. Australia. SBS
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