Product Overview
Please note: This study guide contains two versions – a full-colour guide and a text-only version for printing and referencing.
Please be advised that this study guide uses the name and image of an Indigenous man who has passed away. This is done with the full authority of his family.
When Australia’s most renowned Indigenous actor David Gulpilil passes away far from his Homeland, his family struggle against huge logistical challenges to fulfil his final wish: to lay him to rest at the place of his birth, over four and a half thousand kilometres away.
The incredible access granted to the filmmakers is David's family’s gift to the world, continuing his legacy of sharing his culture. They offer an open invitation to audiences to experience rarely seen, centuries-old ceremonies, resulting in a film which is by turns deeply moving, hilarious, action-packed, culturally rich and offering unique insight into a side of David Gulpilil’s life that was rarely in the spotlight.
Curriculum Links:
Journey Home, David Gulpilil would be suitable for students in Years 8-12 in the learning areas of:
- The Arts (Drama)
- Health and Physical Education
- Humanities and Social Sciences (History)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (Civics and Citizenship)
- Humanities and Social Sciences (Geography)
It is also relevant to the General capabilities:
- Creative and Critical Thinking
- Ethical Understanding
- Intercultural Understanding
- Personal and Social Capability
- as well as the Cross-curriculum priority of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Histories and Cultures
Key themes explored:
- Culture and identity
- Living between two worlds
- Family and kinship
- Ceremony and tradition
- Language and storytelling
- Connection to Country
- Remote community living
- Cross-cultural exchange through film
