{"identifier":"JH-River_6312282650112","browse_author":"John Hughes (Director), Donna Cameron (Producer), John Hughes (Producer), John Hughes, Early Works (Proprietor (Publisher Bloomsbury Video)) and John Hughes (Screenplay by)","subscription_list":["bvl_filmmedia"],"titleByTitle":"Yes","isbn":9781350899124,"description":"River of Dreamsexplores the radically divergent approaches to \u2018country\u2019 between indigenous and non-indigenous people, conservationists and developers at Fitzroy River, in the \u2018remote\u2019 Kimberley region of northwest Australia. \n River of Dreams shows the implications for Indigenous people as developers seek to dam the river and develop huge cotton plantations. Aboriginal performance artist Ningali Lawford, who was born in Fitzroy Crossing, narrates this imaginative and rich account of differing visions for the future of \u2018landscape\u2019 and \u2018country\u2019 in contemporary Australia. Writer / Director: John Hughes Producers: Donna Cameron, John Hughes Narrator: Ningali Lawford. John Hughes is one of Australia\u2019s most respected documentary (and drama) film directors, his work having won many awards. The films are usually Australian in orientation, examining art, cultural politics and history. The work is often intensely research driven; the films are serious investigations into their material. also they have cinematic creative flair. His credits are numerous, starting in the early \u201870s with short films such as Nowhere Game, through to acclaimed documentaries in the \u201880s such as Film-Work, to the narrative feature What I Have Writtenin the \u201890s, and onto the recent award-winning documentaries The Archive Project (2006) and Indonesia Calling: Joris Ivens In Australia (2009). Hughes was honored with Film Australia\u2019s coveted Stanley Hawes Award, for Achievement In Documentary in 2006, and the inaugural Joan Long Award from the Australian and New Zealand Film History Association (2006). Language - English","videoId":6312282650112,"browse_view":"contentTypeBrowsePageIndexView","subscription":"bvl_filmmedia","title":"River of Dreams","xml_source":"bvl_filmmedia_video-vra.xml","browse_search":"JH-River","videoPoster":"https://cf-images.eu-west-1.prod.boltdns.net/v1/static/4171818645001/0aa9ece9-a2b2-4d9d-8795-7867166cc978/e9ba9b24-cec3-46eb-8ffc-3ad15b42c7cc/1280x720/match/image.jpg","series_id":"series_australianIndependentFilmmakersSeriesJohnHughes","facets":"filmAwardsAndFestivals , Film awards and festivals , worldCinema , World cinema , filmAndCinema , Film and Cinema , history , History , politics , Politics , indigenousPeoples , Indigenous peoples , conservation , Conservation , identity , Identity , made_19901999 , 1990\u20131999 , made_19001999 , 1900\u20131999 , english , English , australia , Australia , oceania , Oceania , origin_australia , Australia , origin_oceania , Oceania , video , Video , scienceTechnologyAndNature , Science, technology, and nature ,","contenttypeorder":3,"series":"Australian Independent Filmmakers series (John Hughes)","date_of_publication":1999,"publisher":"John Hughes, Early Works","productname":"bvl_all","id_search":"JH-River","facet":["australia","conservation","english","filmAndCinema","filmAwardsAndFestivals","history","identity","indigenousPeoples","made_19001999","made_19901999","oceania","origin_australia","origin_oceania","politics","scienceTechnologyAndNature","video","worldCinema"],"contentType":"video","authors":"John Hughes~Donna Cameron~John Hughes~John Hughes, Early Works~John Hughes"}