British audiences embraced 'Stan & Ollie', not least because the charming biopic of comic duo Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy is set in the UK, while US moviegoers were far less enthused.
“We spent a lot of time getting to know leaders, elders and a lot of the different communities and language groups. They saw us coming back over and over, pursuing questioning around the issues that were coming up in their meetings, explaining that we wanted to bring these discussions to a broader audience – that’s what really won people over to work with us.
Award-winning director Nicholas Wrathall investigates the true costs of development in the world-famous Kimberley, where mega-mining and pastoral developments threaten not just the pristine environment but more than 200 Indigenous communities and their peoples’ sacred links to Country.
"Especially with remote communities or even young people that aren't watching television so much - you've got to take the films to them and you've got to reach them on the media they're using."