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Bran Nue Dae is a 2009 Australian musical comedy-drama film directed by Rachel Perkins and written by Perkins and Reg Cribb. A feature film adaptation of the 1990 stage musical Bran Nue Dae by Jimmy Chi, the film tells the story of the coming of age of an Aboriginal Australian teenager on a road trip in the late 1960s.
Jan 14, 2010 · With Rocky McKenzie, Jessica Mauboy, Ernie Dingo, Missy Higgins. An Aboriginal student on the west coast of Australia in the late '60s runs away from a Catholic boarding school with his cruel headmaster in hot pursuit, meeting eccentric characters along the journey back to his hometown.
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- Comedy, Drama, Musical
- Rachel Perkins
- 2010-01-14
Sep 8, 2010 · Here's something I wasn't expecting: an aboriginal musical from Australia, set in a late hippie era and featuring production numbers with a dash of Bollywood. It isn't a masterpiece, but it is a good-hearted, sweet comedy, featuring an overland chase that isn't original but sure is energetic.
Sep 10, 2010 · It's original and high-spirited, but Bran Nue Dae is also uneven and sometimes overly kitschy. A rebellious young man runs away from home but returns after experiencing an amazing journey.
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- Rachel Perkins
- PG-13
- Rocky Mckenzie
Oct 14, 2010 · SYDNEY — As a celebration of cultural identity, the Aboriginal musical “Bran Nue Dae” has so much feel-good fizz that you can almost overlook its rickety construction. But not quite.
Jan 19, 2020 · A semi-autobiographical play by the late Jimmy Chi and his band, Kuckles, Bran Nue Dae is set in Western Australia in the 1960s: oppressive times for Aboriginal people.
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