An ethnographic documentary directed by Roger Sandall, recording the construction of a bark canoe by two Aboriginal men, Djurkuwidi and Wangamaru, on the north coast of Arnhem Land. Filmed in the ...
Several notches above a regulation making-of docu, "The Balanda and the Bark Canoes" is an enlightening excursion to the remote set of Rolf de Heer's "Ten Canoes." Centered on cross-cultural issues ...
SYDNEY (Reuters) - As light fades on the shores of Sydney Harbour, a group of men finish building a traditional aboriginal canoe using bark from eucalyptus trees. Smoke smothers the strips of bark as ...