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'Ablaze tells of Bill Onus, a Yorta Yorta/Wiradjuri man from Victoria, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his peopleʼs culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history.
'Through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale – part detective story, part contemporary opera – of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality through performance, entertainment, film and sheer audacity outsmarted mighty forces seeking to destroy Indigenous cultures, languages, and communities.
'Ablaze is an enlightening film for today’s turbulent times.'
Source: Publisher's blurb.
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Works about this Work
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Lens Turned on Life of Activist
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 June 2022; (p. 10)
— Review of Ablaze 2021 single work film/TV
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Lens Turned on Life of Activist
2022
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 4 June 2022; (p. 10)
— Review of Ablaze 2021 single work film/TV
Awards
- 2022 nominated AFCA Film Awards — Best Documentary
- 2022 nominated Australian Academy of Cinema and Television Arts Awards — Best Documentary
- 2022 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's History Prize New South Wales History Prize — Digital History Prize
- 2022 shortlisted New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards — Betty Roland Prize for Scriptwriting
- 2021 winner AWGIE Awards — Documentary Award — Public Broadcast or Exhibition