Gurrumul

About the movie

Celebrated by audiences at home and abroad, indigenous artist Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu was one of the most important and acclaimed voices to ever come out of Australia. Blind from birth, he found purpose and meaning through songs and music inspired by his community and country on Elcho Island in far North East Arnhem Land. Living a traditional Yolngu life, his breakthrough album ‘Gurrumul’ brought him to a crossroads as audiences and artists around the world began to embrace his music.
GURRUMUL is a portrait of an artist on the brink of global reverence, and the struggles he and those closest to him faced in balancing that which mattered most to him and keeping the show on the road. It was met with unison critical praise upon it’s premieres at Berlin and Melbourne International Film Festivas.
“Moving, mesmerising and genuinely from the heart - extraordinary” – Herald Sun
“Involving, affectionate and singing with emotion.” – Goethe-Institute Australien Magazine
“Seeing this film makes you deeply grateful that we can continue to celebrate this once-in-a-generation artist.” – Graffiti With Punctuation

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