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Country | Australia |
Language | English |
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra is a 2020 Australian documentary film directed by Wayne Blair and Nel Minchin. It tells the story of the three Page brothers' – Stephen, David and Russell – and their role in the development of Bangarra Dance Theatre.[1]
Firestarter was produced by In Films and premiered on 11 October 2020 at the Brisbane International Film Festival. It received critical and audience acclaim and won the AACTA Best Documentary Award (2021), the Rose d'Or Award for Best Arts Program (2021), the Most Outstanding Documentary Logie Award (2022) and the Walkley Documentary Award (2021).[2]