Spear

Directed by Stephen Page | 84 minutes | M |

5:10pm Saturday, 31 May | Pink Flamingo Down Under | Buy Tickets | Buy Passes

A FOOT IN EACH WORLD. A HEART IN ONE. 

Directed by Stephen Page, former artistic director of Australia’s renowned Bangarra Dance Theatre, Spear is a coming-of-age tale charting the journey of young Djali (played by Page’s son Hunter Page-Lochard) who struggles to understand his identity as an Indigenous man with ancient traditions living in a modern world.

With barely any dialogue, the highly stylised film melds contemporary dance with traditional Aboriginal music. The almost entirely Indigenous cast move across the screen in a dream-like fashion through a series of dance vignettes juxtaposing city and rural life. On its 10th anniversary, BUFF brings this visually lavish but underseen should-be classic back to the big screen!

SIMILAR: the films of Maya Deren, Ma (2015), One Night The Moon, Climax (2018)

“There’s such a bounty here to feast on and so many different ways to consume it, it’s almost overwhelming, but in these visual elements there is such a focus on balance, on rhythm, control in chaos; most frames could stand alone as awe-inspiring photographs.” - Eloise Grills, 4:3

Country: Australia
Year: 2015
Language: English