Love and Social Marginality in Samson and Delilah (Issue 51, July 2009) Therese Davis October 2019 Highlights from 20 years of Senses of Cinema Originally published in Senses of Cinema issue 51, July 2009. As I write this, Samson and Delilah (Warwick Thornton, 2009) has just been awarded the prestigious Camera d’Or for best first feature film at the...
Love and Social Marginality in Samson and Delilah Therese Davis July 2009 Feature Articles Warwick Thornton’s Samson and Delilah has captured the world’s imagination in a way no Aboriginal film has done before. After a century of white filmmakers controlling (often by default) the cinematic presentation of Aboriginal culture, Therese Davis wonders whether Samson and Delilah marks the start of a new era.
Working Together: Two Cultures, One Film, Many Canoes Therese Davis November 2006 Feature Articles An examination of director Rolf de Heer’s unique collaboration with the Yolngu people of Ramingining of Northern Australia on Ten Canoes and the behind-the-scenes documentary Balanda and the Bark Canoes.
Interview with Laleen Jayamanne Therese Davis May 2002 Feature Articles Theorist Laleen Jayamanne talks about her latest book, contemporary film criticism and more.
“Crossing cultures, cinematic and other”: A Review of Laleen Jayamanne’s Toward Cinema and Its Double: Cross-Cultural Mimesis Therese Davis May 2002 Book Reviews Davis praises this recent book, and its rethinking of the relation between film and film criticism.
