Dennis O'Rourke

Dennis O'Rourke

Australian-born director Dennis O'Rourke is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. While living in Papua New Guinea, he completed the critically-acclaimed feature Yumi Yet - Independence for Papua New Guinea. O-Rourke died in 2013.

  • Title: Dennis O'Rourke
  • Popularity: 0.391
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1945-08-14
  • Place of Birth: Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
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Dennis O'Rourke Movies

  • 1981
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    Yap: How Did You Know We'd Like TV?

    Yap: How Did You Know We'd Like TV?

    1 1981 HD

    Examining the change of culture in the small island after American television began being broadcast.

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  • 1988
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    Cannibal Tours

    Cannibal Tours

    5.9 1988 HD

    The film follows a number of European and American ecotourists as they travel from village to village throughout the Sepik River area in Papua New...

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  • 2000
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    Cunnamulla

    Cunnamulla

    5.6 2000 HD

    Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a...

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  • 1977
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    Yumi Yet

    Yumi Yet

    5.5 1977 HD

    Documents Independence Day of Papua New Guinea on September 16, 1975, comparing the pageantry of local celebrations with the official ceremony in the...

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  • 1983
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    The Human Face of the Pacific: The Marshall Islands. Living with the Bomb

    The Human Face of the Pacific: The Marshall Islands. Living with the Bomb

    1 1983 HD

    The people of the Bikini Atoll were removed from their homelands as a result of American testing of nuclear bombs in the Pacific. They now live on...

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  • 1983
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    The Human Face of the Pacific: Fiji. Legacies of Empire

    The Human Face of the Pacific: Fiji. Legacies of Empire

    1 1983 HD

    People whose family originated in India comprise just over half of Fiji’s population. Indians came to Fiji in colonial times under an...

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  • 1991
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    The Good Woman of Bangkok

    The Good Woman of Bangkok

    5 1991 HD

    Film maker Dennis O'Rourke documents the day to day life of Aoi, a Thai prostitute through interviews with her and her family as well as taking us...

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  • 1986
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    Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

    Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

    6.5 1986 HD

    The film features interviews with residents of the nearby Rongelap and Utirik Atolls who were affected by nuclear fallout from the tests. Unlike in...

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  • 1982
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    The Sharkcallers of Kontu

    The Sharkcallers of Kontu

    1 1982 HD

    Believing that the spirits of their ancestors dwell in the mako shark, shark callers are not only hunting but also maintaining a connection with...

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  • 1978
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    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

    Ileksen: Politics in Papua New Guinea

    5.8 1978 HD

    A companion to Yumi yet, O’Rourke and Kildea’s Ileksen (derived from the English 'election’) documents Papua New Guinea’s...

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  • 1977
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    Yumi Yet

    Yumi Yet

    5.5 1977 HD

    Documents Independence Day of Papua New Guinea on September 16, 1975, comparing the pageantry of local celebrations with the official ceremony in the...

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  • 1984
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    Couldn't Be Fairer

    Couldn't Be Fairer

    1 1984 HD

    An honest look at the lives, trials and tribulations of Aboriginal people living in Queensland.

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  • 1984
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    Couldn't Be Fairer

    Couldn't Be Fairer

    1 1984 HD

    An honest look at the lives, trials and tribulations of Aboriginal people living in Queensland.

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  • 1984
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    Couldn't Be Fairer

    Couldn't Be Fairer

    1 1984 HD

    An honest look at the lives, trials and tribulations of Aboriginal people living in Queensland.

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  • 2005
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    Land Mines: A Love Story

    Land Mines: A Love Story

    1 2005 HD

    Habiba and Shah who, because of the wars fought in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, have experienced immense suffering, but who have survived to...

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  • 2005
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    Land Mines: A Love Story

    Land Mines: A Love Story

    1 2005 HD

    Habiba and Shah who, because of the wars fought in Afghanistan over the past 25 years, have experienced immense suffering, but who have survived to...

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  • 2000
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    Cunnamulla

    Cunnamulla

    5.6 2000 HD

    Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a...

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  • 2000
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    Cunnamulla

    Cunnamulla

    5.6 2000 HD

    Cunnamulla, 800 kilometres west of Brisbane, is the end of the railway line. In the months leading up to a scorching Christmas in the bush, there's a...

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  • 1986
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    Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

    Half Life: A Parable for the Nuclear Age

    6.5 1986 HD

    The film features interviews with residents of the nearby Rongelap and Utirik Atolls who were affected by nuclear fallout from the tests. Unlike in...

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