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Shiny One: Show me what you’ve found
Title:
Shiny One: Show me what you’ve found
NFSA ID
1656053
Year
2021
Courtesy
Orange Entertainment Co., Since1788 Films, Unless Pictures
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
Wenye (Kurt Abbott) has struck gold at a special tree, but Arelhampwe (Audrey Martin) tosses the gold nuggets away, telling Wenye that they’re no good.
A dispirited Wenye questions this wisdom – what’s wrong with it if it can get you things you need? But Arelhampwe knows it will only bring trouble. And then a young woman walks past in a shower of gold and Wenye’s focus shifts.
Summary by Amal Awad
Youngfella Wenye (Kurt Abbott) can’t catch a break. But while many people have vision boards to manifest a life of luxury, Wenye literally dreams of finding gold – not just so that he can buy a nice Toyota, but so that he can procure some grub. He’s hungry and tired of not having enough. So he goes in search of his riches, leaving his remote community for Adelaide. But treasure, he will discover, is not always material.
This golden-hued comedy from writer/director Viviana Petyarre (Utopia Generations) is part of Screen Australia's No Ordinary Black short film initiative and was also supported by Screen Territory. Not surprisingly, cinematographer Tyson Perkins (Finding Jedda) nabbed a nomination for Best Cinematography at the Heart of Gold Short Film Awards in 2022.
Notes by Amal Awad
The National Film and Sound Archive of Australia acknowledges Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples as the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live and gives respect to their Elders both past and present.