A foot in each world. A heart in none.

A young man reconciles ancient tradition with the modern, urban world in this debut feature from Stephen Page, artistic director of Australia’s renowned Bangarra Dance Theatre.

This visually arresting film may be Stephen Page’s directorial debut, but Page is no stranger to the telling of stories through movement and images. As artistic director of the worldrenowned Bangarra Dance Theatre, he has spent over twenty years interpreting the stories of Indigenous Australians for global stages. Now Page brings Bangarra’s outstanding dance work SPEAR to the screen.

Primarily utilizing gesture and dance, with minimal dialogue, SPEAR follows a young man named Djali (Hunter Page-Lochard) from the Australian outback to the streets of Sydney on his quest to understand what it means to be a man with ancient traditions in a modern world. Despite the fragmentation of Indigenous cultures, it is in the complex interconnection between places that Djali will ultimately discover his own power — a power linking past, present, and future.

Running time 84min // Film rated M for Mature themes and course language

Post Show Q&A with Producer John Harvey from Brown Cab Productions (The Hunter (2012), The Oysterman (2012), The Chuck In (2012), The Farm (2009))

Burrinja Theatre
Friday 13 May at 7:30pm

Adult $18
Concession $15

SPEAR Official Website

CO-WRITER / DIRECTOR: STEPHEN PAGE
PRODUCER: JOHN HARVEY
CO-WRITERS: JUSTIN MONJO AND STEPHEN PAGE
COMPOSER: DAVID PAGE
CONTEMPORARY CHOREOGRAPHY: STEPHEN PAGE AND BANGARRA DANCE ENSEMBLE
CULTURAL CONSULTANT/ TRADITIONAL CHOREOGRAPHY: DJAKAPURRA MUNYARRYUN
DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY: BONNIE ELLIOTT
PRODUCTION DESIGNER: JACOB NASH
COSTUME DESIGNER: JENNIFER IRWIN
EDITOR: SIMON NJOO
SOUND DESIGNER: ANDY WRIGHT
LINE PRODUCER: BELINDA MRAVICIC
EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS: ROBERT CONNOLLY AND LIZ KEARNEY
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE: PHILIPPE MAGID

CAST
DJALI HUNTER PAGE-LOCHARD
SUICIDE MAN AARON PEDERSEN
BIG MAN DJAKAPURRA MUNYARRYUN
DINGO MAN WAANGENGA BLANCO
ANDROGYNOUS MAN KAINE SULTAN-BABIJ
ALCOHOL MAN BEAU DEAN RILEY SMITH
PRISON MAN DANIEL RILEY
ABUSED MAN LEONARD MICKELO
OLD MAN DEMELA WUNUNGMURRA
ROMEO ROMEO MUNYARRYUN
OLD LADY ELMA KRIS
EARTH SPIRIT YOLANDE BROWN
WOMAN OF DESIRE NICOLA SABATINO

About the Creative Partners BANGARRA DANCE THEATRE

Bangarra is an Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander organisation and one of Australia’s leading performing arts companies. Bangarra is widely acclaimed nationally and around the world for their powerful dancing, distinctive theatrical voice and utterly unique soundscapes, music and
design.