BONZA - Australia & New Zealand Database

Article Used	"Grim but moving tale of teens in love is the toast of film awards" The Sunday Age, December 13, 2009. John Mangan.
Awards	The film was recognized not only in Australia, but worldwide and it was tipped the film could be nominated for an Oscar in the best Foreign film category, which it was not. Within Australia, the film and its cast and crew were swamped with awards, taking out 4 Australian Film Institute awards for Best Film, Best Director (Warwick Thornton), best Screenplay and Best Sound. The list goes on and on for awards and nominations received. Interviewed after he won the AFi for best film Director Warwick Thornton said ""It's absolutely gorgeous. When I first started in the industry 17 billion years ago, something like the AFIs seemed ... like a pie in the sky dream."
Reference Comments	To help in my research and analysis of the film and the creation of the film, whilst seeiming a fairly obvious choice, I chose the official movie website of the film, www.http://www.samsonanddelilah.com.au/, I had ruled this out as an option without looking at it at first, due to the fact that most official movie websites contain a trailer and not much else. But upon visiting this site, I was proved wrong. The website offers a whole range of information and options for fans and researchers. The text is intended for anyone really with an interest in the film, it sticks true to the themes present in the film, with aboriginal culture the main background theme. The text is factual and trustworthy as it comes from official sources and not just made up by someone outside of the film. Information like this could easily be used for learning more about the film, and the people involved and responsible for its successes, and and further understanding acquired of what exactly goes on when producing the film. The site offers no argument, rather information constructed on the film to help others form opinions and gain an insight into how exactly all the facets of the film were brought together, the actors, the crew, the sets and the landscape to name a few. The source is certainly accurate and original, being the official movie page, it allows for the audience to know that the information is credible, and dismisses other any other text written which opposes to what is presented here. The underlying influence here in this text is the fact that it can be used heavily as a promotional tool, there is no hard hitting statements, facts or arguments, rather information displaying what the film is about, its characters and crew, and a behind the scenes look into how it was all put together.
Themes	In the film the trouble times of two young Aboriginal children are followed and explored. Re-occuring themes that are present in the film include love, death and violence, and the three are often tied together and cause the other to take effect. Through love, the main two characters continue to fight on against adversity, and help each other, with love keeping them going all along.Love is not only represented between these two characters, love is shown through death when Delilah's grandmother passes away, devastating Delilah causing her to be the subject of violence at the hands of Aboriginal elders who blame Delilah for the death. The death also triggers the volatile Samson into a fit of rage, assaulting his brother. Delilah is also raped and bashed during the film, demonstrating the position the harshness of living as an Aboriginal amongst white people, where they are often subjected to cruel acts and physically beaten.