Nana

Warwick Thornton | Australia 2007 | 5 min

Who wouldn't agree that when we're little our grandparents are super heroes who know and can do everthing. Nana tells us one of these stories, told from the perspective of a little girl.

She follows here nana as she goes on a bush tucker hunting tour. Not only kills nana two lizards but also a wallaby and a kangaroo. Nana sells her drawings to white people who can't see that she paints just one story over and over again. At night Nana patrols the fringes of their Aboriginal community and easily beats up several male drunkards and destroys their booze.

Set in Alice Springs where Warwick Thornton grew up, Nana is refreshingly humorous.

Cast	Kiara Gibson Mitjili Napanangka Gibson Noreen Robertson Nampijinpa Ted Egan Jangala Little girl Nana Aunty Old man
Release dates	May 5, 2007 - Australia (World premiere on the Message Sticks Indigenous Film Festival)
Video/DVD Release Date	2007, Bit of Black Business
Awards	not available
Rating	PG - Parental guidance recommended (some violence)
Language level	easy
Distributor	Flickerfest
Soundtrack	David Page
Genre	Drama
Notes	Nana was filmed at Jay Creek. Warwick considers it to be the 'back story' of Samson & Delilah. Warwick has worked on a variety of films, music clips, commercial, documentaries and television programs. He was the Director of Photography of Rachel Perkin's Radiance. Other films by Warwick Thornton: Photographic Memory: A Portrait of Mervyn Bishop (1999) Green Bush (2005) Mimi (2002) Country Song (2008) Yeperenye Federation Festival: The Road Ahead Concert (2003) Rosalie's Journey (2003) Pay Back (1996) Samson & Delilah (2009)
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"I never knew my nana, so if I was to meet my nana, this is what I think she would be like. Nana is a tribute to all the nana's out there - keeping it strong, keeping it real."
— Warwick Thornton (source: programs.sbs.com.au)