Emu Runner is a 2018 Australian independent film. It was written and directed by Imogen Thomas, who wrote the film with Indigenous script consultant Frayne Barker. Thomas co-produced the film with Victor Evatt.
Overview
Emu Runner is a 2018 Australian independent film. It was written and directed by Imogen Thomas, who wrote the film with Indigenous script consultant Frayne Barker. Thomas co-produced the film with Victor Evatt.
The film stars Rhae-Kye Waites, Wayne Blair, Rob Carlton, Georgia Blizzard, Maurial Spearim, Stella Carter, Mary Waites, Lindsay Waites, Letisha Boney and Rodney McHughes.
Plot
The film centres around 9-year-old Ngemba girl Gemma "Gem" Daniels (played by 11-year-old Rhae-Kye Waites) who lives in the remote New South Wales town of Brewarrina.
Following a fishing trip on the banks of the Barwon River with her mother Darlene (Spearim) and older sister Valerie (Boney), Darlene unexpectedly collapses. Despite sprinting into town to get help from her father Jay Jay (Blair) and older brother Ecker (McHughes), there is little they can do.
