Spear
Poster for Spear
Directed byStephen Page
Written byStephen Page
Produced byJohn Harvey
StarringHunter Page-Lochard
CinematographyBonnie Elliott
Release dates
  • 11 September 2015 (2015-09-11) (TIFF)
  • 15 October 2015 (2015-10-15) (AFF, Australia)
Running time
84 minutes
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish

Spear is a 2015 Australian drama film directed by choreographer Stephen Page.

Cast

Production

Spear was written and directed by Stephen Page,[1] and produced by John Harvey.[2]

Originally performed on stage by the Bangarra Dance Theatre in 2000 under the title Skin,[3] it was reimagined for film using mostly dance and movement.[4]

Release

Spear was screened in the Discovery section of the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival.[5]

It had its Australian premiere at the Adelaide Film Festival in October 2015 and was screened in the Sydney Festival in January 2016.[4]

Awards

References

  1. ^ Spear at IMDb Edit this at Wikidata
  2. ^ "John Harvey". Australian International Documentary Conference. 18 February 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2022.
  3. ^ "Spear Review". Variety. 11 September 2015. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  4. ^ a b Schafter, Monique (16 October 2015). "From stage to screen: Bangarra Dance Theatre's Spear re-imagined as feature film". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
  5. ^ "Spear". TIFF. Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 13 November 2015.

External links

Films and television series about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians
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