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'A nation came together around Indigenous athlete Cathy Freeman who delivered when it mattered on the greatest stage on earth at the Sydney 2000 Olympics. 20 years on, this documentary sheds light on one of Australia's proudest moments.' (Production summary)
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Cathy FREEMAN : Trailblazer, Black Activist, Kuku Yalanji Woman
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 34 no. 2 2020; (p. 313-328)'In 2020, FREEMAN became the most-watched documentary in Australia. This article situates the film's intercultural, multivocal, and multiperspectival story of Cathy Freeman's gold-medal win at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in three contemporary contexts: the Trailblazers collection of sports documentaries that entertained Australians during COVID-19 lockdowns; the Black Lives Matter protests in Australia cities and towns that defied COVID- 19 bans in 2020 and provided a context for remembering Cathy Freeman as a Black activist in the 1990s; and a First Nations context that recognizes Freeman as a Kuku Yalanji woman whose public roles have helped to transform the terms of stranger relationality between Indigenous, settler-colonial, and immigrant Australians.' (Publication abstract)
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Race That Stopped Australia
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 September 2020; (p. 19)
— Review of Freeman 2020 single work film/TV'In September 2000, with the country – and most of the world – watching, Cathy Freeman etched her name in Olympic history, inspiring athletes of all races and striking a major blow to racial inequality.' (Introduction)
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Cathy Freeman On The Sydney Olympics, The 400m Gold And What Her Legacy Will Be
Paul Kennedy
(interviewer),
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2020
20284602
2020
single work
column
'"My ancestors were the first people to walk on this land. Those other girls were always going to come up against my ancestors. Who's going to stop me?"
The torch. The swift suit. There she is. Good on ya, Cathy! Butterflies. The back straight. Freeman cool. The bend. Cathy lifting. The home straight. Flying now. Go Cathy. "What a legend, what a champion."
Twenty years later. More tears. Goosebumps, still.'
(Source : ABC)
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Freeman Review : Documentary Relives the Time Cathy Freeman Flew, Carrying the Weight of the Nation
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 September 2020;
— Review of Freeman 2020 single work film/TV'Where were you when Catherine Freeman won gold at the Sydney Olympic Games?'
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Freeman Review : Documentary Relives the Time Cathy Freeman Flew, Carrying the Weight of the Nation
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Conversation , 11 September 2020;
— Review of Freeman 2020 single work film/TV'Where were you when Catherine Freeman won gold at the Sydney Olympic Games?'
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Race That Stopped Australia
2020
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 12 September 2020; (p. 19)
— Review of Freeman 2020 single work film/TV'In September 2000, with the country – and most of the world – watching, Cathy Freeman etched her name in Olympic history, inspiring athletes of all races and striking a major blow to racial inequality.' (Introduction)
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Cathy Freeman On The Sydney Olympics, The 400m Gold And What Her Legacy Will Be
Paul Kennedy
(interviewer),
Australian Broadcasting Corporation
,
2020
20284602
2020
single work
column
'"My ancestors were the first people to walk on this land. Those other girls were always going to come up against my ancestors. Who's going to stop me?"
The torch. The swift suit. There she is. Good on ya, Cathy! Butterflies. The back straight. Freeman cool. The bend. Cathy lifting. The home straight. Flying now. Go Cathy. "What a legend, what a champion."
Twenty years later. More tears. Goosebumps, still.'
(Source : ABC)
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Cathy FREEMAN : Trailblazer, Black Activist, Kuku Yalanji Woman
2020
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Antipodes , vol. 34 no. 2 2020; (p. 313-328)'In 2020, FREEMAN became the most-watched documentary in Australia. This article situates the film's intercultural, multivocal, and multiperspectival story of Cathy Freeman's gold-medal win at the Sydney 2000 Olympics in three contemporary contexts: the Trailblazers collection of sports documentaries that entertained Australians during COVID-19 lockdowns; the Black Lives Matter protests in Australia cities and towns that defied COVID- 19 bans in 2020 and provided a context for remembering Cathy Freeman as a Black activist in the 1990s; and a First Nations context that recognizes Freeman as a Kuku Yalanji woman whose public roles have helped to transform the terms of stranger relationality between Indigenous, settler-colonial, and immigrant Australians.' (Publication abstract)
