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Rachel Perkins is a Director and Scriptwriter Australienne born on 1970
Rachel Perkins is a film and television director, film and television producer, and screenwriter. She is known for her films Bran Nue Dae, Radiance and One Night the Moon. Perkins is an Arrernte woman from Central Australia, who was raised in Canberra by parents Eileen and Aboriginal activist Charles Perkins.
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Mabo (2012)
Directed by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Actors Jimi Bani, Miranda Otto, Deborah Mailman, Colin Friels, Ewen Leslie, Rob Carlton
Rating69%
Bran Nue Dae (2009)
, 1h25Directed by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Geoffrey Rush, Magda Szubanski, Tom Budge, Ernie Dingo, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
Rating61%
In Broome in 1969, Willie Johnson (Rocky McKenzie) is having trouble wooing his girl Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), who ends up with a bandleader named Lester (Dan Sultan). His mother Theresa (Ningali Lawford) sends him back to boarding school in Perth to continue his education for the priesthood. One night, he and several others steal food from the college kitchen but are caught. Willie admits to being the thief, but runs away before he can be punished. He spends the night on the streets of Perth before meeting up with 'Uncle' Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), who offers to help him get home. They go to Fremantle where Tadpole allows himself to be run over by a Kombi van, hoping that the two hippies inside will help him. Not realising how far it will be to Broome, the hippies, 'Slippery' the German (Tom Budge) and Annie (Missy Higgins), his girlfriend, agree to drive them.
One Night the Moon (2001)
, 57minutesDirected by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Kaarin Fairfax, Chris Haywood, David Field
Rating70%
Set in the 1930s Australian Outback, starring singer Paul Kelly as a farmer, Jim Ryan, newly settled in the area. He is the father of a girl, Emily (Memphis Kelly, his real life daughter), who climbs out the window of their farmhouse one night and follows the moon into the hills. Rose Ryan (Kelly's then wife Kaarin Fairfax and mother of Memphis) comes to check on her daughter only to find that Emily is missing.
Radiance (1998)
Directed by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films
Actors Deborah Mailman, Ben Oxenbould
Rating65%
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Bran Nue Dae (2009)
, 1h25Directed by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama, Comedy, Musical theatre, Musical, Romance
Themes Seafaring films, Transport films, Musical films
Actors Geoffrey Rush, Magda Szubanski, Tom Budge, Ernie Dingo, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy
Rating61%
In Broome in 1969, Willie Johnson (Rocky McKenzie) is having trouble wooing his girl Rosie (Jessica Mauboy), who ends up with a bandleader named Lester (Dan Sultan). His mother Theresa (Ningali Lawford) sends him back to boarding school in Perth to continue his education for the priesthood. One night, he and several others steal food from the college kitchen but are caught. Willie admits to being the thief, but runs away before he can be punished. He spends the night on the streets of Perth before meeting up with 'Uncle' Tadpole (Ernie Dingo), who offers to help him get home. They go to Fremantle where Tadpole allows himself to be run over by a Kombi van, hoping that the two hippies inside will help him. Not realising how far it will be to Broome, the hippies, 'Slippery' the German (Tom Budge) and Annie (Missy Higgins), his girlfriend, agree to drive them.
One Night the Moon (2001)
, 57minutesDirected by Rachel Perkins
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films
Actors Kaarin Fairfax, Chris Haywood, David Field
Rating70%
Set in the 1930s Australian Outback, starring singer Paul Kelly as a farmer, Jim Ryan, newly settled in the area. He is the father of a girl, Emily (Memphis Kelly, his real life daughter), who climbs out the window of their farmhouse one night and follows the moon into the hills. Rose Ryan (Kelly's then wife Kaarin Fairfax and mother of Memphis) comes to check on her daughter only to find that Emily is missing.