Curator’s Cut
The NT Library officially launched their Curator’s Cut program as part of the Darwin International Film Festival last month. The series showcases rare films from their audio-visual collection, with one film screened each month until March next year.
The program is the result of a successful pilot program in 2018, which included home videos, commercially released films, cassettes, CDs and DVDs. Documentary style films were selected followed by post-show talks from people connected to the film or experts on the subject.
This time ‘round, the Library continues to couple the documentary films with a post-film talk, but they’ve introduced classic feature-length films, including this month’s screening of The Overlanders.
Set in 1942 during WWII, the film follows the gripping tale of a rag-tag droving team in and their epic cattle drive – a 3,000km journey across the Australian outback.
The Overlanders was an ambitious film project, produced at a time when Australia was recovering from the trauma of global conflict.
The Overlanders WED 16 OCT | 5.30-7.30PM | NORTHERN TERRITORY LIBRARY | FREE | ntl.nt.gov.au
