'Emu Runner is about the impact a mother’s death has on an Indigenous family living in an isolated community. The story is seen through the eyes of Gem, a spirited nine-year-old girl, who deals with grief by forging a bond with a wild emu, a mythical bird of her ancestors. It is a bond she will do anything to keep but one that puts her at odds with a young and inexperienced social worker.'
Source: Screen Australia.
The film was written in consultation with Frayne Barker, a Ngemba woman from Brewarrina who provided cultural consultation. (Source.)
'Emu Runner, made on location in outback NSW with the involvement of the local community, is a tale of grief and hope, writes Philippa Hawker'
'Emu Runner was filmed in and around the sparsely populated outback town of Brewarrina, NSW. Writer-director Imogen Thomas knows the isolated community well, having set her 2008 short film, Mixed Bag, there. The director’s first feature is a modest but immensely attractive insight into the world of an eight-year-old Ngemba girl named Gemma, who is wonderfully portrayed by non-professional actor Rhae-Kye Waites.' (Introduction)
'Emu Runner - a movie about a young Indigenous girl who finds solace in the company of a wild emu has come to Australian screens.'
'Emu Runner was filmed in and around the sparsely populated outback town of Brewarrina, NSW. Writer-director Imogen Thomas knows the isolated community well, having set her 2008 short film, Mixed Bag, there. The director’s first feature is a modest but immensely attractive insight into the world of an eight-year-old Ngemba girl named Gemma, who is wonderfully portrayed by non-professional actor Rhae-Kye Waites.' (Introduction)
'Emu Runner, made on location in outback NSW with the involvement of the local community, is a tale of grief and hope, writes Philippa Hawker'
'Australians are making more films than ever before. So why is it so hard to find them?' (Introduction)
'Emu Runner - a movie about a young Indigenous girl who finds solace in the company of a wild emu has come to Australian screens.'
