“I’ve often thought (and occasionally written) that a Pemulwuy movie would have the potential to knock Crocodile Dundee out of the record books. And finally it is happening.”
David Dale (Sydney Morning Herald)
The Story
Pemulwuy, a proud and feared Aboriginal warrior, who leads an uncompromising twelve-year war against British Colonial oppression and makes the supreme sacrifice in order to guide his people to safety.
The Legacy
It was believed throughout the colony that no bullet could kill Pemulwuy and that he had the magical powers of the kurdaitcha (lawman, sharman, medicine-man). Born circa 1750, before the colonial regime, Pemulwuy (Pimbloy, Pemulvoy, Pemulwoy, Pemulwy, Pemulwye) was a Bidjigal man of the Sydney tribes.
The Team
Telling the story of one of Australia’s most revered Aboriginal warriors requires a team of bold and daring storytellers. Experts in their fields, a team of renowned producers have come together with Indigenous chroniclers to bring to life the tale of an unsung hero’s resistance to colonial oppression.
Indigenous Storytellers
Catriona McKenzie
PEMULWUY DIRECTORJon Bell
PEMULWUY WRITERProducing Team
Andrew Dillon
PEMULWUY PRODUCER
Shana Levine
PEMULWUY EXECUTIVE PRODUCER
Lynette Marlow
RESEARCHER-SCRIBENaomi Janzen
SCRIPT EDITOR
Executive Team
Phillip Noyce
PEMULWUY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERMathew Walker
PEMULWUY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERStan Grant
PEMULWUY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERJames Robinson
PEMULWUY EXECUTIVE PRODUCERAmbassadors
The community elders supporting the Pemulwuy movie descend from the Dharug, Bidjigal and Dharawal communities.
Our Country
Pemulwuy will be produced utilising the real locations in which we know historically Pemulwuy lived and breathed.
Ancestral Remains
On 2 June 1802, Pemulwuy was killed, bringing an abrupt end to his long-fought battles with encroaching British invaders.
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