Where the Green Ants Dream
Where the Green Ants Dream is a 1984 English-language West German film co-written and directed by Werner Herzog, made in Australia. Based on a true story about Indigenous land rights in Australia but slated as a mixture of fact and fiction, the film only got a limited release in Australia and was not well received by critics, although it did fare a bit better in Europe and North America.
Plot
Based partly on the Milirrpum v Nabalco Pty Ltd ("Gove land rights") case about Indigenous land rights on the Gove Peninsula in Arnhem Land, Northern Territory, it was a mix of fact and fiction. The ant mythology was claimed as Herzog's own, but some First Nations peoples did consider the green ant as a totem animal that created the world and humans. Wandjuk Marika noted that the ant Dreaming belief existed in a clan that lived near Oenpelli in the Northern Territory.
More details
| author | Bob Ellis Werner Herzog |
|---|---|
| contentLocation | Australia |
| director | Werner Herzog |
| editor | Beate Mainka-Jellinghaus |
| genre | drama |
| keywords | arnhem land australian outback disturb dream dreamtime first nations gove peninsula green ant indigenous land rights indigenous land rights in australia land rights milirrpum v nabalco pty ltd mine nabalco northern territory oenpelli outback totem weaver ant |
| musicBy | Wandjuk Marika |
| producer | Lucki Stipetić |