Australian Indigenous film wins Cannes Camera d'Or
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Indigenous Australian film director Warwick Thornton is celebrating today having just won a prestigious award at the Cannes Film Festival. He's convinced he won't be the last indigenous filmmaker on the podium at the festival. The 38-year-old from Alice Springs, in central Australia, says the world should watch-out for the talent emerging from indigenous communities. His movie Samson and Delilah is now gaining international recognition - having scooped the Camera D'or award for best first film - and it's already focussing attention on the work of his colleagues.
Presenter: Lisa Millar
Speaker: Warwick Thornton, Director of Samson and Delilah; Kath Shelper, Producer of Samson and Delilah; Margaret Pomeranz, presenter of movie review program At the Movies
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