This 2009 psychological thriller pretends to be a found footage horror film, when it's actually a dramatic exploration of grief. We discuss writer/director Joel Anderson's process, as well as the funding, distribution and historical themes in the movie.

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• Lake Mungo

Additional Resources:

• Why Lake Mungo is the best ghost film you’ve never seen
• Lake Mungo Filmmaker Joel Anderson Interview - Media/Culture Reviews
• Lake Mungo – A picture never lies…
• Mourning an Aboriginal death
• Pleistocene human remains from Australia: A living site and human cremation from Lake Mungo, western New South Wales
• Australian Ghost Stories Detail a Very Isolated, Lonely Brand of Terror
• Alice Kept Secrets: Cinematic Grief and ‘Lake Mungo’ (2008)
• SXSW '09 Interview: "Lake Mungo" Director Joel Anderson
• Review of Joel Anderson's faux documentary thriller LAKE MUNGO
• Scribe tapped for 'Lake' remake