Product Overview
Please note: This study guide contains two versions – a full-colour guide and a text-only version for printing and referencing.
Kangaroo (2025) is an Australian feature film written by Harry Cripps and directed by Kate Woods. It is a heart-warming family comedy about ex-TV personality, Chris Masterman, who becomes stranded in a remote town outside Alice Springs, Northern Territory. There, he teams up with twelve-year-old Indigenous girl Charlie. The pair form an unlikely friendship and work together to rescue and rehabilitate orphaned joeys in the remote but stunning Outback community – an endeavour that proves to be life-changing for them both.
This version of the study guide for Kangaroo is designed for students in Australia and New Zealand. International students can find an alternative version here.
Curriculum Links
Kangaroo is a film for all ages and is relevant to units of work in the following learning areas:
- English
- Geography
- Health
- Media Studies
The curriculum outlined in this study guide provides opportunities for students to:
- Share their responses to the story told by Kangaroo.
- Complete a close analysis of Kangaroo.
- Consider how Kangaroo represents the world and human experience.
- Discuss the key themes explored in Kangaroo.
- Develop and justify their own interpretations of Kangaroo. In completing the tasks, students will have demonstrated the ability to:
- Respond to a film both personally and in detached and critical ways.
- Analyse the construction of a film and comment on the ways it represents an interpretation of ideas and experiences.
- Construct their own written, spoken and multimodal texts.
