Cunnamulla

Cunnamulla

2000•1h 22m•5.6/10

Documentary

Ratings

🎬TMDb

5.6/10(5)

Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a lot more going on than the annual lizard race. Here, Aboriginal and white Australians live together but apart. Creativity struggles against indifference, eccentricity against conformity.

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Production

Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Camerawork Ltd., Film Australia

Language

EN

Status

Released

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