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SPOTLIGHT ON
GENRE FILM
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YOLANDA RAMKE AND BEN HOWLING
ONCARGO AND THE ZOMBIE FILM
A QUINTESSENTIALLY AUSTRALIAN TAKE ON THE POPULAR
ZOMBIE-APOCALYPSE SUBGENRE,CARGOWEAVES ELE-
MENTS OF INDIGENOUS CULTURES INTO A STORY ABOUT
A WORLD FALLEN INTO RUIN. BEYOND THIS, IT’S ALSO
A RARE CASE OF A PROJECT THAT HAS MADE THE LEAP
FROM SHORT FILM TO FEATURE – WITH HOLLYWOOD
BACKING TO BOOT.BRIONY KIDDSPEAKS TO DIRECTORS
YOLANDA RAMKE AND BEN HOWLING ABOUT HOW THIS
UNIQUE PIECE OF CINEMA CAME TO LIFE.
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