NFSA's Kodak/Atlab Cinema Collection: 'Storm Boy'

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EUR4,40
SKU:
03553-M197
Year Levels:
3-9
Streaming Content:
Storm Boy
Content Type:
Feature Film
Learning Areas:
English
Learning Areas:
Geography
Learning Areas:
Media Arts
Key Themes:
Environmental sustainability and respect for nature, Family and belonging, Friendship and companionship, Isolation and loneliness, Love and care, Loss and grief, Connection to land and Indigenous knowledge
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Product Overview

Terry Hayes' erudite and splendidly researched account of Henri Safran's Storm Boy explores the film's popularity at the time of its release, and pays careful attention to those collaborators – apart from the now-iconic feathered protagonist – responsible for the its critical and commercial success.

Additional keywords:
NFSA, National Film and Sound Archive, restoration, archive, classic, pelican, coming of age, bildungsroman, childhood, Aboriginal, Indigenous, Mr Percival, David Gulpilil, Matt Carroll, Colin Thiele, surrogate father, absent parent.