Where the Green Ants Dream (1984)

Original title

Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen

Directed by

Werner Herzog

Genre

drama film

Country

Germany

Runtime

1h 40m

Rated

R

Rating

6.9 of 10 from 57 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A mining company and an Aboriginal tribe clash over land in the Australian outback. The tribe believes the land is sacred because green ants dream there. The film follows the legal battle and the cultural misunderstandings that arise.

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What happens

Where the Green Ants Dream (German: Wo die grünen Ameisen träumen) is a 1984 English-language West German film directed and co-written by Werner Herzog, made in Australia. Based on a true story about Indigenous land rights in Australia, but slated as a mixture of fact and fiction, it only got a limited release in Australia, where it was not well received by critics; the film fared a bit better in Europe and North America. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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