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form y separately published work icon Cargo single work   film/TV   thriller  
Adaptation of Cargo Yolanda Ramke , 2013 single work film/TV
Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 Cargo
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'Stranded in rural Australia in the aftermath of a violent pandemic, an infected father desperately seeks a new home for his infant child, and a means to protect her from his own changing nature.' (Production summary)

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Affiliation Notes

  • Preppers and Survivalism in the AustLit Database

    This work has been affiliated with the Preppers and Survivalism project due to its relationship to either prepping or prepper-inflected survivalism more generally, and contains one or more of the following:

    1. A strong belief in some imminent threat
    2. Taking active steps to prepare for that perceived threat

    • A range of activities not necessarily associated with ‘prepping’ take on new significance, when they are undertaken with the express purpose of preparing for and/or surviving perceived threats, e.g., gardening, abseiling.
    • The plausibility of the threat, and the relative “reasonable-ness” of the response, don’t affect this definition. E.g., if someone is worried about climate change and climate disasters, and they respond by moving from a riverbank location in Cairns, or to a highland region of New Zealand, this makes them a prepper. If someone else is worried about brainwashing rays from outer space, and they respond by making a tinfoil hat, that makes them a prepper. 

    3. A character or characters (or text) who self-identify as a ‘prepper’, or some synonymous/modified term: ‘financial preppers’, ‘weekend preppers’, ‘fitness preppers’, etc.

    As a tier two work, this text has been identified as key to prepping in a broader, more conceptual relationship. These texts have been classified as ‘key’ prepper-adjacent texts that are important to prepping, even if they themselves are not about prepping or do not include preppers. These texts have been identified in the database through various means such as interviews with preppers, scholarship on preppers, and online prepper forums.
     

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Works about this Work

Outback Australia After the Plague Tim Kroenert , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 3 June vol. 28 no. 11 2018;

'During a Q+A screening of Cargo in Eslternwick, Vic., actor Natasha Wanganeen described her pride in participating in the film's portrayal of Aboriginal people 'living strong and free on the land'. Directors Howling and Ramke, both white, had carefully consulted with Elders in South Australia to ensure the authenticity and sensitivity of these portrayals.' (Introduction)

Cargo Flips the Netflix/Theatrical Script Travis Johnson , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 17 May 2018;
Yolanda Ramke and Ben Howling : Making Cargo Danny Peary , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 9 May 2018;
Yolanda Ramke’s Auteur Layers Dan F. Stapleton , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Saturday Paper , 2-8 June 2018;

'It’s an unseasonably cold spring evening in Manhattan and the Tribeca Film Festival theatre is over-capacity for the international premiere of Cargo, the Australian zombie movie starring British actor Martin Freeman (The HobbitThe Office). Cargo is the biggest genre film at this year’s festival and its basic premise – zombies roaming the Australian outback – has piqued the interest both of industry heavyweights and New York movie geeks. Tickets to the premiere disappeared quickly.'  (Introduction)

The Australian Zombie Horror Cargo Is Burdened by Its Own Gravitas Ari Mattes , 2018 single work column
— Appears in: The Conversation , 18 May 2018;

'Since the 1970s, some of the best horror films have been made in Australia. Something about the vastness of the continent, and its geographical remoteness from the northern and western hemispheres, lends itself to the kind of existential explorations of alienation that underpin the best examples of this genre.'  (Introduction)

Lights, Cameras, as Action Rolls in SA Penelope Debelle , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 18 May 2016; (p. 2)
Welcome Return of Young Blood Penelope Debelle , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 4 June 2016; (p. 3)
South Australia is the Perfect Setting Penelope Debelle , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 8 September 2016; (p. 40)
Martin Freeman Is Making Cargo in Australia (but Don't Call It a Zombie Film) Karl Quinn , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: Brisbane Times , 23 September 2016;
'He may have traded furry feet and Middle Earth for a deadly infection and the undead, but don't tell Martin Freeman he's come to Australia to make a zombie movie. ...'
Local Treasures : 2017's Most Anticipated Aussie Films Erin Free , 2016 single work column
— Appears in: FilmInk , 22 December 2016;
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