Modern-Day Castaway

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Modern-Day Castaway is an Australian documentary film that follows adventurer Mike Atkinson who, inspired by the story of 1846 shipwreck survivor James Morrill, sets sail on a 1500 kilometre journey along Australia's Great Barrier Reef in a hand-carved dug-out canoe. He attempts to emulate Morrill's plight with the goal of surviving entirely off the land and sea, with only some basic tools.

Themes

The film contains thematic content related to survival and physical and mental resilience, Indigenous history including verbal references to massacres, and the effect of colonisation, overfishing and climate change on the environment. The film also contains brief obscured photographs and descriptions of a crocodile attack on a person.

Violence

The film contains discreet verbal references to massacres and violence inflicted on Aboriginal people.

Language

The film contains use of the words "f**k", "bastard", "bugger", "crap", "fricken", "root", "shit", "bloody", "damn" and "hell".

Nudity

The film contains depictions of naturalised buttock nudity in artworks and old photographs.

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27 June 2025

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2025

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