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Erica Glynn Erica Glynn i(A109217 works by)
Born: Established: Alice Springs, Southern Northern Territory, Northern Territory, ;
Gender: Female
Heritage: Aboriginal
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1 form y separately published work icon True Colours Erica Glynn , Steven McGregor , Danielle MacLean , ( dir. Erica Glynn et. al. )agent Australia : Bunya Productions , 2022 24477291 2022 series - publisher film/TV detective

Detective Toni Alma is assigned to investigate a case in Perdar Theendar, the Indigenous community she left as a child and has had little to do with since. She soon becomes involved in the devious practices of the global art market and its selling of Indigenous art.

Source: Screen Australia press release.

1 form y separately published work icon Goodbye Swooper Erica Glynn , Victoria : Ned Lander Media Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2020 20269872 2020 single work film/TV children's
1 3 form y separately published work icon She Who Must Be Loved Erica Glynn , ( dir. Erica Glynn ) Australia : Since1788 , 2018 15558528 2018 single work film/TV autobiography

'Freda Glynn was never a big talker but these days she talks even less. When her documentary filmmaker daughter Erica Glynn tells her she wants to make a film about her, Freda responds simply with a shrug. And yet Freda has so much to relate. She could, for instance, talk about how she ran CAAMA, the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association, an organisation that has been dedicated to Aboriginal music and culture since the early 1980s. Or perhaps how she trained Indigenous filmmakers at Imparja Television, casually managing to raise five children on her own at the same time. But instead, Freda uses her daughter’s project to research part of her family history. There is uncertainty about whether Freda’s grandmother was killed during a massacre of Indigenous Australians; Freda’s own mother was never able to clarify events during her lifetime. Together, Freda and Erica Glynn embark on a complex search for answers. Freda, we learn, is a determined woman whose strength, humour and creativity are expressed in all her dealings with the people she cares about. She is also a woman whose work has had a lasting impact on the Aboriginal community’s struggle for emancipation.'

Source: Berlinale 2019.

1 2 form y separately published work icon Grace Beside Me Danielle MacLean , Jon Bell , Sue McPherson , Adrian Wills , Tristan Savage , Erica Glynn , Briar Grace-Smith , ( dir. Beck Cole et. al. )agent Australia : National Indigenous Television , 2018 10634717 2018 series - publisher film/TV children's

'A rich and humorous coming of age story, GRACE BESIDE ME transports young audiences into the world of 13-year-old Fuzzy Mac and her best mate Tui Mui as they navigate life, and with help from Fuzzy's Nan and Pop, learn how to find strength and grace.'

Source: Screen Australia.

1 form y separately published work icon Where's Aaron? Erica Glynn , Victoria : Ned Lander Media Australian Children's Television Foundation , 2017 14123698 2017 single work film/TV children's
1 form y separately published work icon In My Own Words Erica Glynn , ( dir. Erica Glynn ) Australia : Blackfella Films , 2017 12360661 2017 single work film/TV Indigenous story

'Raw, heartfelt, sometimes painstaking but often funny, In My Own Words follows the journey of adult Aboriginal students and their teachers as they discover the transformative power of reading and writing for the first time in their lives. In Australia today between 40–65 percent of Aboriginal adults are functionally illiterate in English. But out in north west New South Wales moves are afoot to whittle away at this appalling statistic, and give hope to some of the most marginalised people in our country. Using a Cuban method called ‘Yes I Can’, a group known as the Literacy for Life Foundation are moving into towns, setting up classrooms, and offering Aboriginal men and women an opportunity to learn to read and write. And it seems there are no shortage of takers.' (Production summary)

1 form y separately published work icon My Mother My Son Erica Glynn (director), ( dir. Erica Glynn ) Civic Square : Ronin Films , 2000 Z1462668 2000 single work film/TV

This is the story of Mona and Kymmy, an Aboriginal mother and daughter, both victims of the stolen generation, who embark on a journey to regain custody of Kymmy's young son Rowland (Mona's grandson) - Libraries Australia

1 1 form y separately published work icon A Walk with Words Romaine Moreton , Erica Glynn , ( dir. Erica Glynn ) Australia : A Walk with Words Productions , 2000 Z1423309 2000 single work film/TV This is is a contemporary story about Romaine Moreton, an urban poet and performance artist.
1 1 form y separately published work icon My Bed Your Bed Erica Glynn (director), ( dir. Erica Glynn ) Alice Springs Canberra : Chili Films Australian Film Commission. Indigenous Branch , 1998 Z1587486 1998 single work film/TV

In an isolated desert community, Della and Alvin are promised under the traditional laws of marriage. Their time has come. They move in together. One house, two swags, a guitar ... no idea.

1 form y separately published work icon Redreaming the Dark Romaine Moreton , ( dir. Erica Glynn ) North Ryde : Australian Film Television and Radio School , 1998 Z1422038 1998 single work film/TV During the blackout in the family apartment, an intellectually challenged young black woman is thrown into turmoil. It is the darkness which promotes fear in the young woman and it is her elderly grandmother who soothes her, teaching her not only to embrace the dark but also to affirm her dark self.
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