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

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.