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(1 - 9) of 9 OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh Page   1   4/5 "Here Aboriginal identity is neither defined by nor subordinated to Western culture, but shown in its own right as a repository of wisdom, myth and sly humour."   Channel 4 Film   Anton Bitel "A study of community and ritual, Ten Canoes celebrates as it contemplates, emphasizing the fact that this collection of stories, Gulpilil's story in its many layers, is seen."   Nitrate Online   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Ten Canoes is more homily than film, an educational exaltation of Australia's Aboriginal past."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez 5/5 "An Aboriginal adventure story about forbidden love, sorcery, fear of strangers, and justice that proves that a tale well told is good medicine for all."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat A- "...takes us deep into another world while telling a story of the human condition with wisdom, heart and humor."   rec.arts.movies.reviews   Laura Clifford 3/4 "Funny, perceptive, bawdy, tragic and philosophical, pretty much everything a viewer -- or a listener -- could ask for."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 5/5 "Alongside the witty tone, the film is brilliantly well-paced and technically exquisite."   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline 8/10 "One of the best films of the year and what will become an ageless standard in preserving and depicting aborigine culture and the tragicomedy of the human race."   Monsters and Critics   Ron Wilkinson 3.5/5 "It demonstrates conclusively that, yet again, there's nothing new under the sun of humanity, but also makes us wish we'd adopted the "payback" law of these Arafura swamp canoe makers and hunters."   JWR   S. James Wegg  (1 - 9) of 9 OFCS Rating: 89% Fresh Page   1