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form y separately published work icon The Redfern Story single work   film/TV  
Alternative title: Once Upon a Time in Redfern
Issue Details: First known date: 2014... 2014 The Redfern Story
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'In the early '70s, Aboriginal political activism took to the stage with the first all-Indigenous theatre company, the National Black Theatre in inner-city Redfern. Against the backdrop of street protests, a group of actors and activists created a voice for their community; the theatre became a social hub where Indigenous identity could be explored. Darlene Johnson's forceful documentary features interviews with Indigenous media pioneer Lester Bostock, writer Gerry Bostock, actor Lillian Crombie, activist-academic Gary Foley, academic Marcia Langton and actors Rachael Maza, Bryan Brown and Bindi Williams.' (Source: Sydney Film Festival website)

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Two of Australia's Best Directors Bring to Life True Stories of First Nations Rights Movement Geoff Bagnall , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 25 June vol. 13 no. 364 2014; (p. 6)
'Two of Indigenous Australia's top female directors, Darlene Johnson and Rachel Perkins, have presented their lastest productions, films that both catalogue different stories of Aboriginal social and political struggle in the 1970s...'
Two of Australia's Best Directors Bring to Life True Stories of First Nations Rights Movement Geoff Bagnall , 2014 single work column
— Appears in: National Indigenous Times , 25 June vol. 13 no. 364 2014; (p. 6)
'Two of Indigenous Australia's top female directors, Darlene Johnson and Rachel Perkins, have presented their lastest productions, films that both catalogue different stories of Aboriginal social and political struggle in the 1970s...'

Awards

2015 winner Australian Teachers of Media Awards Best Documentary – Social & Political Issues
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