Presented by NFSA, Sydney Film Festival and Casula Powerhouse Arts Centre
NFSA Restores - reviving our cinema icons

A 10-year-old boy (Greg Rowe), living with his father in the wild Coorong wetlands of South Australia, rescues a baby pelican orphaned by hunters. With the help of an Aboriginal man, Fingerbone Bill (David Gulpilil), the boy and the bird become inseparable, until the outside world encroaches.

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Cast: Greg Rowe, Peter Cummins, David Gulpilil, Judy Dick.

Producer: Matt Carroll
Associate Producer: Jane Scott
Director: Henri Safran
Cinematographer: Geoff Burton
Editor: Gerald Turney-Smith
Production Designer/Art Director: David Copping
Makeup: Helen Evans
Screenplay: Sonia Borg (based on the novel by Colin Thiele)