Gurrumul

2017

Biography / Documentary / Music

4
Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Rotten 83% · 12 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 83%
IMDb Rating 7.9/10 10 307 307

indigenous indigenous australians

Plot summary

Blind from birth, Dr G Yunupingu found his identity through song and the haunting voice that has already become legend. His debut album introduced Australia to the Songlines and culture of his Elcho Island community, but now Dr G Yunupingu finds himself increasingly torn between city and country, present and past, self and the community to which he owes so much.

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886.24 MB
1280*690
English 2.0
NR
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25 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1
1.6 GB
1492*804
English 2.0
NR
Subtitles us  
25 fps
1 hr 36 min
Seeds 1

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by trout303 4 / 10

Should have been much better

Considering the subject matter this is a documentary that only paints by numbers. It misses the experience it could have delivered; it barely scratches the surface of what could have been told; what it could have shown. Gurramul's music, singer/songwriter life experience is barely here, instead we get 2 dimensional explanations from his Aunt, his Father and Mother. When Gurramul speaks it's quite obvious that he speaks through his music and his song, that's painfully obvious. But rather that taking the audience on that journey a B Grade documentary maker goes the cheap route and makes his doco about the thoughts and feelings of a bunch of other people. Even in terms of landscape and country there is a vast amount of missing material that could have been included.How very Australian to have an opportunity to present something special but settle for an 'also ran' package. All the easy stuff, nothing of the serene. That's very, very Australian.
Reviewed by rlbird-69690 9 / 10

A poignant documentary on a life a voice

A documentary that explores a very shy man who plays a guitar upside down and sings of home of place of identity of soul. Sadly dying to young. A refrain that relates to so many. Buy some cds and on a moon filled night play and be taken to some wonderful places.
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