Tanna's director knows a backlash against Donald Trump could rule out Oscar win

By Garry Maddox
Updated February 16 2017 - 3:08pm, first published 1:47pm
Island bliss: Bentley Dean films Tanna on a Vanuatu volcano.  Photo: PHILIPPE PENEL
Island bliss: Bentley Dean films Tanna on a Vanuatu volcano. Photo: PHILIPPE PENEL
Tribal unity: Martin Butler and Bentley Dean with members of the Yakal tribe (from left) Peter Kowia, Lingai Kowia and Caha Toata.
Tribal unity: Martin Butler and Bentley Dean with members of the Yakal tribe (from left) Peter Kowia, Lingai Kowia and Caha Toata.
Beginnings: Bentley Dean (bottom left) when he started making films with The Race Around The World team in 1997. Photo: Peter Rae
Beginnings: Bentley Dean (bottom left) when he started making films with The Race Around The World team in 1997. Photo: Peter Rae

Less than two weeks before the Academy Awards, Australian filmmaker Bentley Dean is wandering around the city looking for a pair of black shoes.

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