Ten Canoes is an intriguing and entertaining film about traditional indigenous life in Australias north.

Ten Canoes is a feature film that was shot on and around the Arafura Swamp in north-eastern Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory of Australia in May and June, 2005. Whilst it is narrated in English, the film is unique in that it is the first feature film to be shot entirely in Aboriginal language (predominantly Ganalbingu), and it is set both in the past (centuries ago, before the coming of white people to Australia) and in the Ganalbingu mythical past.

If you are interested to move beyond the stereotypes and get a taste for Australian Aboriginal existance as it has persisted for tens of thousands of years then this film is an excellent vehicle. The Green Man rates it a "must see".