Movies and TvShows featuring "walkabout" theme.

After a plane crash in the Australian desert, a teenage girl and her younger brother embark on a perilous journey to find civilization. They meet an Aboriginal boy who is on his traditional rite of passage known as walkabout. Overcoming language barriers and cultural differences, they learn survival skills and develop a bond in the wilderness.

Around the Block is a drama film set in New South Wales, Australia. The story follows an idealistic woman who becomes a teacher and forms a bond with an Aboriginal student. The film explores themes of racial discrimination, stereotypes, and the struggles faced by low-income communities. The protagonist's life is further complicated by her estranged father's imprisonment and her involvement with a crime family. As she navigates these challenges, the film examines the impact of love, revenge, and the power of the arts to inspire change.

Based on the well-loved Australian classic by Mrs. Aeneas Gunn, this is the remarkable true story of Jeannie Gunn, a woman who fought to overcome sexual and racial prejudice amid the harsh beauties of the outback. Leaving her Melbourne existence for a new life on her husband's isolated ranch, Jeannie's feisty, good-natured attitude soon wins over the misogynistic stockmen, but she faces a much tougher challenge in trying to change their racist attitudes towards the indigenous aboriginal population.

Produced and directed this documentary for BBC in the 1980’s, about David Gulpilil, acclaimed Australian Aboriginal actor, dancer and musician. The film shows how Gulpilil is always working to bridge the gap between the tribal Aboriginal and Western worlds. He divides his time between a traditional tribal lifestyle and his artistic work, which has included major film roles, collaboration with contemporary dance and music groups and teaching Aboriginal dance and culture. Bill and David travel to Hollywood where David was the most popular Australian in the world at that time, with FOUR films playing in America – WALKABOUT, STORM BOY, THE LAST WAVE and MAD DOG MORGAN. After relating to both the black and native American cultures and filming a quick scene for a big Hollywood picture, he pines to head back through the Outback to his beloved Arnhem Land. Edited by Simon Dibbs and shot by Ray Henman.

In 1940 and 1942 well-known Australian anthropologist C P Mountford made scientific expeditions into central Australia for the University of Adelaide. He travelled in desert country to the west and southwest of Alice Springs, particularly around Haasts Bluff area, and photographed material which, in 1946 he edited into two films, Walkabout and Tjurunga.

Flyabout is the heartfelt, personal story of a young woman who gets a pilot's license and inspires her father to do the same. Together with him, she follows her dream to fly a plane around the continent of Australia. Her introduction to the Aboriginal Walkabout brings on the realization that piloting the plane won't be the hardest part of the trip.