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Top End Girl
- Narrated by: Miranda Tapsell, James Colley
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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Publisher's Summary
'Ever since I was 13 years old, all I wanted to do was perform. It was an unusual dream for a kid from the Northern Territory to have...what I wanted for my life was a world away from what people knew and loved about the "Top End". Even though I've moved south to become an actor, the Territory has never left me. It's the place I go to when I want to feel whole again.'
From Kakadu to Cannes, Miranda Tapsell is one of Australia's favourite actors. A proud Larrakia woman, she built a stellar career onstage and shot to fame in The Sapphires and then in Love Child and Doctor, Doctor.
Growing up, Miranda often looked for faces like hers on our screens. There weren't many. And too often there was a negative narrative around Indigenous lives, and Aboriginal women especially. Now an award-winning actor, she decided to change things herself. Combining her love of romantic comedies with her love of Darwin, the Tiwi Islands and the Top End, Miranda wrote, produced and starred in the box office hit Top End Wedding.
But who the hell co-writes, produces and acts in a film about a wedding in the same year they're having their own? Miranda Tapsell does!
In this engaging and thought-provoking memoir, Top End Girl, Miranda shares the path she took to create a moving film about re-connection to family and culture at the same time as she was planning her own wedding. And, like all good storytellers, she holds a mirror up to the society we live in to show the prejudice that too often surfaces. Miranda knows that the key to change is to understand, and through the power of storytelling she is changing attitudes and expectations to unite us all.
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- Megan
- 31-07-2021
Hard to stop listening
One of the best books I’ve listened to. Got to the last chapter and audibly said…. Noo I want more. Engaging, emotional and I felt pulled into the world. The movie brought me here, the story kept me here. Beyond brilliant.
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- Edi
- 18-03-2021
GREAT LISTENING
GIRL! You did shine more than anyone I know! I enjoyed listening about your aboriginal background and how it has shaped you in to amazing actor! I really love your beautiful sense of hummer too! As a black proud Ethiopian girl enjoyed listening this book more than anything!
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- Katherine Rosonakis
- 18-04-2021
I want Miranda to be my friend
Like her film, this book is a really feel good ride, and her energy will make you feel upbeat. If you love Miranda Tapsell's work, its fascinating to hear more about her life and career.
Writing is not her craft, so much as film making is (as she mentions a few times). But despite that you can't help loving listening to her chatty and upbeat style, like chatting with a friend. Its a lovely thing to listen to, from the constant references to pop songs to the little annotated commenrs from her husband- she is unashameably lame and adorable, and it makes you want to be her friend.
The parts about creating Top End Wedding, and about inhabiting the trauma of Indigenous characters she has played are HUGELY moving. The beauty of and pride for her country, family culture , and home town bring you to tears.
Highly reccomend if you want to know more about Miranda Tapsel, Indigenous film making or just want a nice listen to make you smile.
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- Anonymous User
- 24-11-2022
Loved it 👏
Thank you Miranda for sharing your story, and what a wonderfully interesting story of your life.
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