Saturday, November 15: 4:00 pm

Frances Djulibing wants to become a movie star. As a child growing up in the remote community of Nangalala in Australia's Northern Territory, Frances recalls idolizing Marilyn Monroe for her "sweet voice." When she is cast in the film Ten Canoes, the 42-year-old takes it as a sign of things to come and begins to cultivate her acting career. Her desire to leave her community and study acting at the Aboriginal Centre for the Performing Arts in Queensland conflicts directly with her desire to stay in Nangalala and help raise her grandchildren the way she was raised, steeped in cultural traditions. River of No Return is a story of transformation as Frances learns to navigate two oppositional worlds, the ancient life of her people, the Yolngu, and the modern world of balanda, or white culture.