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Issue Details: First known date: 2018... 2018 Emu Runner
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'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.

Notes

  • The film was written in consultation with Frayne Barker, a Ngemba woman from Brewarrina who provided cultural consultation. (Source.)

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Works about this Work

Heartwarming New Film Brings Remote Australia to the Big Screen 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 713 2019; (p. 4)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV
Wounded Spirit Philippa Hawker , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 November 2019; (p. 4)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV

'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'

Outback Isolation Springs to Life in Moving Family Tale David Stratton , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 November 2019; (p. 15)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV

'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)

2019’s Most Anticipated Movies Dov Kornits , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 26 December 2018;
Emu Runner Hits the Screen 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 November no. 689 2018; (p. 19)

'Emu Runner - a movie about a young Indigenous girl who finds solace in the company of a wild emu has come to Australian screens.'

Outback Isolation Springs to Life in Moving Family Tale David Stratton , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 2 November 2019; (p. 15)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV

'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)

Wounded Spirit Philippa Hawker , 2019 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9 November 2019; (p. 4)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV

'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'

Heartwarming New Film Brings Remote Australia to the Big Screen 2019 single work review
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 6 November no. 713 2019; (p. 4)

— Review of Emu Runner Imogen Thomas , 2018 single work film/TV
What's the Point of Making Australian Films If Nobody Gets to See Them? Steve Dow , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Guardian Australia , 15 October 2018;

'Australians are making more films than ever before. So why is it so hard to find them?' (Introduction)

Emu Runner Hits the Screen 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Koori Mail , 14 November no. 689 2018; (p. 19)

'Emu Runner - a movie about a young Indigenous girl who finds solace in the company of a wild emu has come to Australian screens.'

2019’s Most Anticipated Movies Dov Kornits , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 26 December 2018;
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