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Wrong Kind of Black
Title:
Wrong Kind of Black
NFSA ID
1587696
Year
2018
Warnings
WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following program may contain images and/or audio of deceased persons
This series is based on the life of Boori Monty Pryor, a Birri-gubbah-Kunggandji-Kukuimudji man from Townsville.
It revisits his time as a young man in the 1970s living in Melbourne then Perth, as well as featuring flashbacks to his childhood.
This clip indicates how the series portrays his personal, everyday experiences in society and the impact of racism.
It features Clarence Ryan as Monty, with his parents played by Lisa Flanagan and Tom E Lewis.
Winner of the Grand Jury Award at the 2019 Melbourne Web Series Festival and nominated for an International Emmy Award for Best Short-Form Series.
Production company
Princess Pictures
Director
Catriona McKenzie
Producers
Melanie Brunt, Kelly West and Andrea Denholm
Narrator
Boori Monty-Pryor
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.