It says something about the eternal qualities of the late and great David Gulpilil that he continues to be at the centre of remarkable stories, even after his death. In Journey Home, David Gulpilil, we learn that the legendary Yolŋu actor – who spent his final years in Murray Bridge, South Australia – had one final wish: to be buried in his homeland of Gupulul in remote East Arnhem Land.
The writer-directors of this elegantly made and culturally illuminating documentary, Maggie Miles and Trisha Morton-Thomas, trace his last journey – a roughly 4,000km trip from, as narrator Hugh Jackman puts it, “a city at the bottom of Australia to a remote swamp at the top”.
