We Don't Need a Map

I want to have a beer with Warwick Thornton.

Rhys’ Pieces of Mind

Acclaimed Australian Director Warwick Thornton (Samson & Delilah, Sweet Country) takes on the cultural phenomenon of nationalistic pride manifested symbolically, specifically white Australia’s obsession with the Southern Cross constellation. We Don’t Need A Map does a…

DJ_Keyser

There's some wonderful moments of captured history through this often chaotic documentary.

Alexei Toliopoulos

An irreverent and empathetic investigation into the resonance, wielded co-option and spectral lore of nationalist symbols, in this case the modern controversy of the Southern Cross in Australia. Following a divisive twitter exchange which involved his comparing the…

Ruth Scouller

One of Australia’s most exciting filmmakers, Warwick Thornton’s sensibility in this doco encompasses both outback indigenous and inner-city bohemian. We Don’t Need A Map is about the stars in the sky, and the meaning of Southern Cross constellation both pre- and post-…

Petey

“This land is home to the most peaceful and environmentally intelligent people in the history of the world, and all we want to talk about are sheep and a lost war”

Kickme527

An important doco discussing the relevance of the southern cross. I find it so beautiful when they go to the outback and look at the stars - it's pretty cool stuff. We could really learn a lot from our indigenous people on how we should look after the land.

Bea Barbeau-Scurla

The southern cross as a symbol was doomed from the start!

Miranda_Holly_R

Warwick Thornton ❤️

Tim Miller