Film Review

Assignment: Choose one of the two prompts and write a 1-2 page film review (5 grade points):

1. You have just been contacted by the editor of the newly founded Journal of Temporality. They

are short one film review, and have asked you to review the film Ten Canoes by Rolf de Heer and

Peter Djigirr. Your brief is to write a short (1-2 page) review of the film, focusing on the role that

“time” plays in the storytelling of the film.

2. You have just been contacted by Jason Fine, the editor of Rolling Stone Magazine, who is

producing a special issue around the theme of “Past & Present” in contemporary music. He has

asked you to review the film Gurrumul by Paul Damien Williams paying close attention to the

ways in which concepts of modernity and cultural preservation are balanced in the music of

Gurrumul Yunupingu.