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KOKODA IS DIRECTOR Alister Grierson's first feature film, released nationwide on Anzac Day 2006. 'It's the seminal Australian story,' he says enthusiastically. 'It's so inspirational. It's such an addictive story--you read the books, get inspired, do the pilgrimage.'
The film is set around the Kokoda foot track in the mountain ranges of Papua New Guinea in 1942 during Australia's bitter and bloody battle with the Japanese. It was crucial for the Australians to stop the Japanese getting across the mountain ranges to Port Moresby, where they could mount an attack on Australia.
Kokoda illustrates well the argument for pumping money into the Australian film ...