“Under the moonlight, this serious moonlight”
Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under (a film by Ed Gibbs and Rubika Shah), screens at the 65th Berlinale – Berlin International Film Festival next week.
Four screenings of the film commence on Tuesday February 10 and here’s the synopsis.
The remarkable, forgotten story behind David Bowie’s biggest-ever hit record – and how an unlikely journey deep into the Australian outback led to its unprecedented success.
An early pioneer of music video, Bowie’s visual legacy hit a new peak in 1983, on the newly launched MTV. With rare political insight, Let’s Dance told the story of a young couple’s struggle with assimilation in the New World – one of the few times Indigenous Australians had been seen on global television by a mainstream audience.
Let’s Dance: Bowie Down Under looks back at this oft-overlooked period of Bowie’s celebrated career, exploring his sudden appearance in the outback, the social and cultural issues of the time, and the legacy of a remarkable work that still resonates today.
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FOOTNOTE: scroll the pictures to see the cover for the original Australia & New Zealand Let’s Dance sheet music.