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'Our Stories is a vibrant series of 15 minute documentaries from remote and regional Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander film makers.' (Production summary)
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Family Arty Party
Australia
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SBS
,
2016
15411091
2016
single work
film/TV
'With a great family history of inspiring artist, from text title, to oil painting, to graphic design, meet the latest and talented, Family Arty Party.'
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form
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I Kept The Beat
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Media Resource Centre
,
2016
15411228
2016
single work
film/TV
'“My father was an Opal Miner. My mother was a child of the Stolen Generation. From the Red Centre to the streets of LA, I chased fame and glory. I found so much more.” Michael, an 8 year old child in the outback town of Coober Pedy embraces the drums. Becoming a professional musician, his quest for fame and glory takes him to the streets of LA, where he learns so much more.' (Production summary)
Australia : National Indigenous Television Media Resource Centre , 2016 -
form
y
Kendall Smith
Australia
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Weerianna Street Media
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15411284
2016
single work
film/TV
'Kendall Smith is a young Pilbara-born Banyjima man with a passion for mentoring kids at the school in Roebourne and for the good things that music brings.' (Production summary)
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form
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Just Harry
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Media Resource Centre
,
2016
15411325
2016
single work
film/TV
'Just Harry is a mini-documentary that tells the stories of pride and courage beneath the scars of pain and discrimination for Transgender Aboriginal People experienced in Community and City life.' (Production summary)
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form
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Greg Simms
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Metro Screen
,
2016
15411396
2016
single work
film/TV
'Uncle Greg Simms is an Aboriginal Elder in Western Sydney. Uncle Greg belongs to the Gadigal (whale people) of the Dharug nation. Uncle Greg Simms is well known as an activist for reconciliation, a traditional woodcarver, a storyteller and an educator of Aboriginal culture.' (Production summary)
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form
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Torres Strait Kaiar Fishing
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Brown Cab Productions
,
2016
15411439
2016
single work
film/TV
'Kaia (crayfish) fishing is a key commercial industry in the Torres Strait. Island fishermen express their desire for 100% control to nurture, grow and protect the industry for future generations.' (Production summary)
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form
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Searching For Little Eva
Australia
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Tropic Productions
,
2016
15411498
2016
single work
film/TV
'Elijah Douglas, a young Gangalidda man from Doomadgee wants to locate the crash site of a World War 2 bomber and teach the Aeroplane Dance to a group of youngsters.' (Production summary)
Australia : Tropic Productions , 2016 -
form
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Miart Fashion Models
Australia
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Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation
,
2016
15411567
2016
single work
film/TV
'What started as an exploration of artistic media, turned runaway when Mornington Island artists enlisted their youths to showcase their art at Virgin Airlines Melbourne Fashion Festival.' (Production summary)
Australia : Mirndiyan Gununa Aboriginal Corporation , 2016 -
form
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Warupau Nur Sound Of The Drum
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
One Blood Hidden Image Entertainment
,
2016
15411629
2016
single work
film/TV
'The “Warup” is a significant figure of the Torres Strait. It is considered the sound of the Strait. Today its art and beauty is recognised nationwide, however what is not acknowledged and understood is the significant cultural connection this instrument has to the Torres Strait people. We speak with Kaurareg traditional owner & traditional drum enthusiast; Willie Wigness; and Saybay Island traditional owner and cultural custodian Jeff Waia to give us an insight to the knowledge of the drum.' (Production summary)
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form
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NRL All Stars Youth Summit
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Mirri Mirri Productions
,
2016
15411679
2016
single work
film/TV
'In February 2015, sixty Indigenous youth travelled to the Gold Coast to participate in a four-day NRL All Stars Indigenous Youth Summit. Alongside the NRL elite including Greg Inglis and Johnathan Thurston, participants completed workshops that enhanced their cultural knowledge and provided them with the skills necessary for succeeding in life after school.' (Production summary)
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form
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Billy Ray Wilson
Australia
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Maling Productions Pty Ltd
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15411733
2016
single work
film/TV
'Billy Ray Wilson has grown up in the small town of Moruya on the South Coast of NSW. He knows where all the popular tourist spots are as well as all the hidden koori fishing and camping locations.' (Production summary)
Australia : Maling Productions Pty Ltd National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
y
Voices Of Our Future
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Media Resource Centre
,
2016
15411783
2016
single work
film/TV
'Two different Indigenous students have travelled far from home to gain a higher education. They are both equally passionate and know that they can make a huge impact on their communities.' (Production summary)
Australia : National Indigenous Television Media Resource Centre , 2016 -
form
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Bill and Aunty Sariba Shibasaki
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Brown Cab Productions
,
2016
15411842
2016
single work
film/TV
'Uncle Bill and Aunty Sariba Shibasaki have lived on Thursday Island for most of their lives and have seen many changes. Uncle Bill survived internment as a 10 year old during World War II to become Mayor of Thursday Island. Aunty Sariba is of Badu Island heritage and has run her own business, the hospital kiosk, for the last fifteen years. Together they recount their lives together and share stories of Thursday Island.' (Production summary)
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form
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Wayapa Wuurrk
Australia
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Open Channel Co-operative Ltd
,
2016
15412532
2016
single work
film/TV
Wayapa Wuurrk is an Aboriginal Wellness Practice that teaches participants the importance of connecting to the Earth.
Australia : Open Channel Co-operative Ltd , 2016 -
form
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Min Raelene Campion
Australia
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You're Dreaming
,
2016
15412628
2016
single work
film/TV
'Meet Aunty Min Raelene Campion, as she shares with us her life stories of her love for her home, and for her love of the arts.' (Production summary)
Australia : You're Dreaming , 2016 -
form
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Larry Walsh
Australia
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Brown Cab Productions
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15412670
2016
single work
film/TV
'Uncle Larry Walsh is an Urban Warrior. Taken away at 3 years of age he's had the numbers against him ever since. He's a fighter for social justice and an admired and respected elder.' (Production summary)
Australia : Brown Cab Productions National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
y
Jandamarra Cadd
Australia
:
Goorie Vision
,
2016
15412757
2016
single work
film/TV
'Emerging from a challenging childhood to become an Archibald Prize Finalist, Jandamarra Cadd, a descendent of the Yorta Yorta and Dja Dja Warung People in Victoria, is an inspirational man.' (Production summary)
Australia : Goorie Vision , 2016 -
form
y
Lester Bostock
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
Metro Screen
,
2016
15412806
2016
single work
film/TV
'Lester Bostock is a renown filmmaker, mentor and Bundjalung Elder. Lester is the inspiration and guiding light for a generation of Indigenous filmmakers.' (Production summary)
Australia : National Indigenous Television Metro Screen , 2016 -
form
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Kevin Kropinyeri
Australia
:
Daniel King
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15412868
2016
single work
film/TV
'Australia's premier Aboriginal comedy star, Kevin Kropinyeri is a one-man whirlwind that will have you holding your sides laughing, as he shares tales of his life.' (Production summary)
Australia : Daniel King National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
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Willis Yu
Australia
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Wawili Pitjas
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15412950
2016
single work
film/TV
'Willis Yu is an aboriginal hip hop artist born in Broome raised in Perth. He will give us a tour of his city Perth from the point of view of a rapper, as you can still find culture in a large city.' (Production summary)
Australia : Wawili Pitjas National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
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Michael McLeod : A Flash Black
Australia
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Sonic Nomad
,
2016
15413047
2016
single work
film/TV
'From homelessness, alcohol and heroin addiction, to running a multi-million- dollar-company, Michael McLeod's story is one of redemption, hope and inspiration for future Flash-Blacks.' (Production summary)
Australia : Sonic Nomad , 2016 -
form
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Rock Art Of The Murramarang
Australia
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Metro Screen
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15413090
2016
single work
film/TV
'Visit two almost inaccessible rock art sites in the Murramarang tribal area of Southern Coastal NSW.' (Production summary)
Australia : Metro Screen National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
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Dr Chris Bourke
Australia
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Black and White Films
,
2016
15413155
2016
single work
film/TV
'Dr Chris Bourke MLA, a descendant of the Gamillario Nation of NSW, lives in Canberra with his wife Julie, they have three adult children.' (Production summary)
Australia : Black and White Films , 2016 -
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Fiona Wirrer-George
Australia
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Double Wire Productions
,
2016
15413207
2016
single work
film/TV
'Living in Napranum on her home country, Fiona Wirrer-George Oochunyung's life to date has been a long cultivation of a journey for her current ambitious and fascinating projects.' (Production summary)
Australia : Double Wire Productions , 2016 -
form
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Resurgence
Australia
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Goorie Vision
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15413243
2016
single work
film/TV
'Gamilaroi Traditional Owners take us for a tour around central western NSW to share their knowledge of country and the devastating toll development is having on their homelands.' (Production summary)
Australia : Goorie Vision National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
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Eugenia Flynn
Australia
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National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15413308
2016
single work
film/TV
'Eugenia is a Teo Chew Chinese, Tiwi, Larrakia and Muslim woman living and working in Melbourne. She works with Indigenous, refugee, asylum seeker and migrant communities through arts and culture.' (Production summary)
Australia : National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
y
Miriwoong Legends
Australia
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SacredOz Productions
,
2016
15413367
2016
single work
film/TV
'The Preservation of language is very important to the Mirrawong people; they express their language through art, storytelling and dance. The Mirima Dawang Woorlab-gerring Language and Culture Centre began in the 1970s to preserve, analyse, and record the language and culture of the Miriwoong and Gajirrabeng people, the original inhabitants of the lands around Kununurra, East Kimberley Western Australia.' (Production summary)
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form
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Emmie Wehr
Australia
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Naya Ngarra Productions
,
2016
15413431
2016
single work
film/TV
'While most people half her age are still in bed before the sun comes up, Emmie Wehr is at the horse stables. In her late 70's, Emmie Wehr is Alice Springs longest serving licensed horse trainer.' (Production summary)
Australia : Naya Ngarra Productions , 2016 -
form
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Winawaal: My Country, My Home Facebook
Australia
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Biiard Uninyee Productions
,
2016
15413795
2016
single work
film/TV
'Family and country is everything to Veronica McKeon. The proud Nyul Nyul woman speaks of her love of country and the importance of handing down knowledge to the younger generation.' (Production summary)
Australia : Biiard Uninyee Productions , 2016 -
form
y
Teddy Jangala Egan
Australia
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CAAMA Productions
,
2016
15413879
2016
single work
film/TV
'Warlpiri man Teddy Jangala Egan is posthumously awarded the NT Police Valour Medal - the highest award any member of the force can receive tracking and apprehending escaped killer, Bily Ben.' (Production summary)
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form
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Lillian Bowen
Australia
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Iron Gate Films
National Indigenous Television
,
2016
15414018
2016
single work
film/TV
'Lillian Bowen is passionate about passing down her Guugu Yimidhirr language to the next generation of kids from Hope Vale in Cape York Peninsula.' (Production summary)
Australia : Iron Gate Films National Indigenous Television , 2016 -
form
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Kustodians And Kustoms
Australia
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One Blood Hidden Image Entertainment
,
2016
15414201
2016
single work
film/TV
'Gabriel Bani is a traditional kustodian of the Wagadagam clan of Mabuyag Island. He takes us on a journey into Mabuyag to explore the 'Kustoms' of 'Aylan Lore'.' (Production summary)
Australia : One Blood Hidden Image Entertainment , 2016 - form y Ken Tunny Murray Australia : Knowing Pictures , 2016 15414318 2016 single work film/TV Australia : Knowing Pictures , 2016
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form
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Sharon Hodgetts
Australia
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Maling Productions Pty Ltd
,
2016
15414435
2016
single work
film/TV
'Sharon Hodgetts is the Culture and Heritage Officer at the Darkinjung Local Aboriginal Land Council on the Central Coast of NSW. There are over 700 sites registered with the council which Sharon looks after and maintains. Darkinjung LALC works with the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Services (NSW NPWS) to ensure that all discovered sites are recorded and registered with the Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and updated in the Aboriginal Heritage Information Management System (AHIMS) Database.' (Production summary)
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form
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Jimmy Horace
Australia
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Weerianna Street Media
,
2016
15414576
2016
single work
film/TV
'Jimmy Horace was born on Yarraloola Station, lived at Millstream and worked at Mardie Station in the Pilbara in Western Australia.'
Australia : Weerianna Street Media , 2016 -
form
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Stand Up Karen Edwards
Australia
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Rogue Harmony Media
,
2016
15414749
2016
single work
film/TV
'Stand Up is an intimate, personal story about emerging aboriginal stand up comedian Karen Edwards and her journey from chronic kidney disease to the stage.' (Production summary)
Australia : Rogue Harmony Media , 2016 -
form
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Ivanhoe
Australia
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Bigapitja
,
2016
15414992
2016
single work
film/TV
'Miriwoong ladies Ju Ju Wilson and Agnes Armstrong go on country at Ivanhoe station with Elders Eileen Huddleston and Nita Bidui to hear stories about family and station history.' (Production summary)
Australia : Bigapitja , 2016 -
form
y
Black Watch
Australia
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Heath Baxter Productions
,
2016
15416142
2016
single work
film/TV
'The story of Black Watch Richard Dick Butler who was part of the All Aboriginal Men's Military Unit WWII, Darwin, Northern Territory.' (Production summary)
Australia : Heath Baxter Productions , 2016 -
form
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Jemima to Jeremy
Australia
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Butchers Paper Workshop
,
2016
15416321
2016
single work
film/TV
'A journey of identity. From female to male and into Aboriginal culture. Jemima Jane Anderson was born in Fremantle W.A.' (Production summary)
Australia : Butchers Paper Workshop , 2016 -
form
y
Camel Country
Australia
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Ngaanyatjarra Media
,
2016
15416528
2016
single work
film/TV
'Over one hundred years ago the first camels were introduced into Australia. This is the story of how they radically changed the landscape and how the Camel Company manages the excessive population.' (Production summary)
Australia : Ngaanyatjarra Media , 2016 -
form
y
Bushmob
Australia
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CAAMA Productions
,
2016
15416810
2016
single work
film/TV
'Meet young men from troubled backgrounds and the two stockmen from Santa Teresa who help give them knowledge of the outback, traditional Indigenous knowledge and, of course, horses!' (Production summary)
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form
y
Rosie Mulligan
Australia
:
Wawili Pitjas
,
2016
15416864
2016
single work
film/TV
'70 year old Rosie Mulligan a Nyikina woman from the Fitzroy River country east of Broome is also a well renowned artist but more importantly she is the holder and carrier of many of the Nyikina people’s cultural stories and is considered an important woman who many times leads the singing when it comes to cultural times.' (Production summary)
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form
y
Bagu with Jiman
Australia
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Tropic Productions
,
2016
15416953
2016
single work
film/TV
'Part survival tool, part spiritual being, the Bagu with Jiman was traditionally used to make fire. Today it has been transformed into an iconic art form by Girringun Aboriginal Art Centre.' (Production summary)
Australia : Tropic Productions , 2016 -
form
y
Between Worlds
Australia
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New Horizon Films
,
2016
15417124
2016
single work
film/TV
'Bruce King is a young Murri man, who grew up as Bianca. In this documentary we will reveal his struggles to find acceptance, both from his community and from himself.' (Production summary)
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form
y
Love Business
Australia
:
2016
15417242
2016
single work
film/TV
'The Torres Straits has seen the likes of Japanese Pearl drivers, Indonesian labourers, Chinese business people and our own Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.' (Production summary)
Australia : 2016 -
form
y
The Brodie Family
Australia
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M. K Andersson & K. S Lucas
,
2016
15417333
2016
single work
film/TV
'This film documents Kaurna, Ngarrindjeri and Mirning woman Katherine Brodie, as she shares memories and cultural knowledge through four generations of women in the Brodie family of Port Adelaide.' (Production summary)
Australia : M. K Andersson & K. S Lucas , 2016 -
form
y
Who Gor Tok
Australia
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2016
15417419
2016
single work
film/TV
'In the Torres Strait Islands like in many Aboriginal Communities in Australia Language is vital to maintaining culture. The two main languages are Kala Lagaw Ya (Western) and Meriam Mer (Eastern).' (Production summary)
Australia : 2016 -
form
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Jim Everett
Australia
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Brown Cab Productions
,
2016
15417512
2016
single work
film/TV
'Jim Everett was born on Flinders Island in 1942. Jim left school when he was 14 to start work. His working life includes 13 years at sea and 30 years formal involvement in the Aboriginal Struggle.' (Production summary)
Australia : Brown Cab Productions , 2016 -
form
y
Youth at the Zoo
Australia
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Mirri Mirri Productions
,
2016
15417556
2016
single work
film/TV
'Taronga Zoo has a number of Indigenous youth volunteers known as YATZ (Youth at the Zoo) toil away during school holidays, ensuring animals are well fed, cleaned and presentable for public.' (Production summary)
Australia : Mirri Mirri Productions , 2016 -
form
y
Joyce Smith Butchulla Woman
Australia
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Ngabanjah Arts & Cultural Co-Op
,
2016
15417636
2016
single work
film/TV
''Nanna' Joyce Smith is the oldest living Elder of the Butchulla tribe from Hervey Bay / Fraser Coast and K'gari Fraser Island in QLD. We share her story of her life and her family.' (Production summary)
Australia : Ngabanjah Arts & Cultural Co-Op , 2016 -
form
y
Gumbi Gumbi
Australia
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Jetzak Productions
,
2016
15417744
2016
single work
film/TV
'Modern society has no idea of the knowledge that Aboriginal people have of the Australian flora and fauna. For longer then people can imagine Aboriginal people have lived and thrived on this country.' (Production summary)
Australia : Jetzak Productions , 2016 -
form
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The Old Man
Australia
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Turn Dog Quick Films
,
2016
15417802
2016
single work
film/TV
'Geoffrey Guest, known as The Old Man, ran the very successful Petford Training Farm in Far North Queensland in the 80's and 90's. It was a place for troubled Aboriginal teens could turn to.' (Production summary)
Australia : Turn Dog Quick Films , 2016 -
form
y
Walbunja Cloak With Loretta Parsley
Australia
:
Maling Productions Pty Ltd
National Indigenous Television
,
2017
15411150
2017
single work
film/TV
'Led by Walbunja Elder Aunty Loretta Parsley, a group of a Walbunja and Yuin custodians from the South Coast of NSW have come together with the University of Wollongong, Batemans Bay Campus, to create a possum skin cloak. The site of Batemans Bay Campus is close to the ancient learning and birthing site at Hanging Rock. Hanging Rock itself, was demolished by the local council in the 1990s.' (Production summary)
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Too Pretty To Be Aboriginal
Australia
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2018
15417891
2018
single work
film/TV
'Sasha Sarago is on a quest to examine Australia's relationship to Aboriginal beauty through the statement, "you're too pretty to be Aboriginal".' (Production summary)
Australia : 2018