In November 2021, Yolŋu man and lauded actor David Gulpilil died of a lung cancer that had plagued him for four long years. Unable to travel to his birthplace Gupulul in Arnhem Land while still alive, he stayed in Murray Bridge, South Australia, to have the medical support he needed, but his dying wish was to have his deceased body delivered there for his Bäpurru (funeral ceremony), and to have it documented for the world to see. His intention was that the learning of Aboriginal culture continue. Journey Home, David Gulpilil is that documentary.

Before Gulpilil hit the screens in 1971, he was a teenaged boy who excelled at hunting, painting and dancing – and blackface was still a characteristic of Australian cinema. Being the best of the dancers in his community, he was chosen by Britis

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