96 mins |
Rated
M (Mature themes and violence)
Directed by Rolf de Heer
Starring Mwajemi Hussein, Darsan Sharma, Deepthi Sharma
NT Premiere. Winner of the Fipresci Prize and Nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlin this year.
Special Guests Director Rolf de Heer and Actress Mwajemi Hussein are travelling to Darwin to present the film and take part in an intimate Q&A. They will also be attending and presenting at the NT Screen Summit on the 23rd and 24th.
The Survival of Kindness: Written, directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Rolf de Heer (Dingo, Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker) The Survival of Kindness uses allegory to analyse race and privilege, as it follows protagonist BlackWoman (South Australian Mwajemi Hussein), abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Following her escape, she walks through pestilence and persecution, from desert to mountain to city, only to find more captivity.
Filmed across various stunning Australian landscapes in South Australia and Tasmania, Survival of Kindness is led by Australian producer Julie Byrne (AACTA Award winning The Babadook) alongside de Heer, and is
co-produced by Ari Harrison (The Furnace).
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NT Premiere. Winner of the Fipresci Prize and Nominated for the Golden Bear for Best Film at Berlin this year.
Special Guests Director Rolf de Heer and Actress Mwajemi Hussein are travelling to Darwin to present the film and take part in an intimate Q&A. They will also be attending and presenting at the NT Screen Summit on the 23rd and 24th.
The Survival of Kindness: Written, directed and produced by award-winning filmmaker Rolf de Heer (Dingo, Bad Boy Bubby, The Tracker) The Survival of Kindness uses allegory to analyse race and privilege, as it follows protagonist BlackWoman (South Australian Mwajemi Hussein), abandoned in a cage in the middle of the desert. Following her escape, she walks through pestilence and persecution, from desert to mountain to city, only to find more captivity.
Filmed across various stunning Australian landscapes in South Australia and Tasmania, Survival of Kindness is led by Australian producer Julie Byrne (AACTA Award winning The Babadook) alongside de Heer, and is
co-produced by Ari Harrison (The Furnace).