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Australia’s fantasies about its past are a genuine problem,says the Indigenous director ahead of the world premiere of his novel film, We Don’t Need A MapHas the symbol of the Southern Cross become comparable to a swastika? That is the provocative question at the heart of Warwick Thornton’s novel documentary We Don’t Need a Map. The Indigenous, or Alice Springs-born artist,best-known for directing 2009’s devastatingly brilliant Samson and Delilah, generated considerable controversy when he raised that prospect expressing concern it was going to happen, or rather than stating it had – seven years ago.
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Source: theguardian.com

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