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Karen Nobes
White Noise questions the absence of First Nations peoples' presence in commercial television drama and asks our top directors, producers, writers, casting agents and commentators: Why are our commercial Australian soap operas so white? Is the…
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Caroline Sherwood, Nicholas Adler
Malcolm Charles Smith was taken from his family as an 11-year-old boy, like many other Aboriginal children, and lived a life of institutionalisation and emotional and educational deprivation. He ended up in prison where he took his own life in…
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Taryne Laffar
The film Who Paintin' Dis Wandjina? examines the impact of hundreds of spray-painted images of Wandjinas (pronounced 'wannias') in Perth and surrounds.
Wandjinas symbolise the creator of fertility and rain for the Mowanjum Aboriginal peoples in the…
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Leah Purcell
Who We Are: Brave New Clan follows the lives of six exceptional young Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders, showing how they engage with their communities, history and cultures, in modern Australia.
As part of their contemporary lifestyles, these…
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Rick Cavaggion
Why me? is touted as one of the "most compelling" films on the subject of the Stolen Generations.
The film tells the stories of five stolen children who as adults are trying to get on with their lives. Powerful re-enactments of key moments from the…
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Dean Gibson
In 1996 The High Court of Australia granted native title co-existence rights to the Wik Peoples of Cape York.
The “Wik Decision” should have been a catalyst for positive change, but instead sparked a national cultural and political fallout.
With…
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Catriona McKenzie, Jacqueline Willinge
The path to becoming a prime minister in Australia is a difficult one, forged through a series of educational, political, and social sliding doors – many much easier to open than others.
But what are the odds of an Aboriginal Australian realising…
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Ivan Sen
1857, Australia. In the cold, bleak terrain of the high country, a young black tracker and his elderly sergeant move on the trail of a killer.
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Tanith Glynn-Maloney
Percy Boy, a fast and resourceful Aboriginal boy, bands together with Keithy Cobb and Daisy Hawkins to take the local school sports day title away from the hands of grade five bullies "Wolf Pack".
But as Percy Boy trains with the help of his…
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Elizabeth A. Povinelli
Windjarrameru (The Stealing C*nt$) is a piece of improvisational realism. A group of four Aboriginal young men are holed up in a chemically compromised mangrove swamp having been falsely accused of stealing two cartons of beer, while at the edge of…
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Chad O’Brien
A young Aboriginal girl must dig deep to own her performance of a Shakespearean sonnet for her high school drama class in this powerful Australian short film.
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Warwick Thornton
In 1930s Australia, a group of Aboriginal Kids escape their cruel white masters and journey across the sweet country of Central Australia to reunite with their estranged mother Pansy.
Set three years after Sweet Country, Wolfram continues the…
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Des Kootji Raymond
The family of a Gurindji woman work to have her remains returned to her traditional country after she was buried in Larrakia country.
Speedy McGinness negotiated with the authorities, as well as his family, to have the remains of his mother…
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Catriona McKenzie
Wrong Kind of Black, set in the 60s and 70s is based on experiences from the extraordinary life of Boori Monty Pryor, author and storyteller, who grew up in Townsville before moving to Melbourne to pursue modelling and DJing.
Wrong Kind of Black is…
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Ned R Lander
Based on the real life experiences of two Aboriginal bands on the road, "Us Mob" and "No Fixed Address", gigging between Port Adelaide and Point Pearce, SA, Wrong Side of the Road is an uncompromising documentation of Rock’n’Roll, life on tour and…
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Angela Bettina Canalese
Wundung (Wiradjuri for wind) explores the idea that Ancient Aboriginal Knowledge, with its deep connection and understanding of Earth as the mother and provider of life, can lead the world into light.The poetry of Michelle Herthington weaves the…
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Kelrick Martin
Murdered and cruelly beheaded in 1833 by those he trusted, the return of Yagan's skull to Noongar country was a momentous occasion for Aboriginal people nationwide.This is his story. This film examines the incredible and moving life and death of…
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Melanie Hogan
Yajilarra is a film about a group of Aboriginal women from Fitzroy Crossing in remote northern Western Australia. They are determined to save the town from the scourge of alcohol abuse, domestic violence and fetal alcohol syndrome.
The women in…
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Ivan Sen
Yellow Fella looks at the life of Tom Lewis, specifically at his quest to find the resting place of his father.
In this documentary we accompany Tom on his journey and vividly witness how he's going through mixed emotions, disappointments or phases…
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Stephen Johnson
Caught in a collision between the brave new world of rap, football, street cred and the oldest living culture on earth, Lorrpu, Botj and Milika are three Yolngu teenagers who once shared a childhood dream of becoming great hunters…
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Frank Djirrimbilpilwy Garawirritja
Yolngu Guya Djamamirr is a documentary about the Chooky Dancers who became famous after a video of 'Zorba the Greek - Yolngu style' had been posted on YouTube.
But the story behind the Chooky Dancers' performance is not told on YouTube, a void that…
