Where the Green Ants Dream
Aug 31 1984
•2h 40m
•Drama
The Australian Aborigines (in this film anyway) believe that this is the place where the green ants go to dream, and that if their dreams are disturbed, it will bring down disaster on us all. The Aborigines' belief is not shared by a giant mining company, which wants to tear open the soil and search for uranium.
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Wandjuk Marika
Miliritbi
Roy Marika
Dayipu
Ray Barrett
Cole
Norman Kaye
Baldwin Ferguson
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