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Tagged: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers

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Short Films by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers
Highlighting short films made by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers including Wayne Blair, Beck Cole, Ivan Sen, Catriona McKenzie and Warwick Thornton. These films are from several...
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First Australians
The landmark television series First Australians explores the history of Australia from an Indigenous perspective. In seven one-hour episodes, it explores what happens when the oldest living culture...
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Contemporary Artist and Filmmaker Tracey Moffatt
The NFSA highlights the work of Tracey Moffatt, the groundbreaking contemporary artist and filmmaker.
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A History of Australian Ethnographic Film
Michael Leigh surveys the long history of ethnographic filmmaking in this country and the representation of Indigenous Australians on film.
Article
A Short History of Indigenous Filmmaking
Within a generation, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers have become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia.
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Night Cries: A Rural Tragedy: The outhouse
An old woman is pushed in a wheelchair by her Aboriginal daughter (Marcia Langton) along a trail lined with rocks. They come to a stop by an outside toilet. The Aboriginal woman waits. Summary by...
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Nice Coloured Girls: Captains
An intoxicated man sways before the camera. Three Aboriginal women walk into a games parlour in seedy Kings Cross. They sit at a table and check out the other patrons. Subtitles tell us about '...
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Dreaming in Motion - Flat: Love goods go cheap
Marnie and her boyfriend walk by the TAB. They stop and observe Marnie’s father inside. Marnie and her boyfriend are sitting in a car. They talk about where they are going and what they want to do. ...
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Dreaming in Motion - Flat: Brick walls
Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is on a swing. She trains the camera towards the brick wall. The wall looms large, and then retreats as Marnie swings to-and-fro. Summary by Romaine Moreton
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Dreaming in Motion - Flat: Two sisters
Marnie (Carmen Glynn-Braun) is preparing breakfast for her younger sister (Savannah Glynn-Braun). The younger sister complains about being sick and says she does not want to go to school. Marnie...
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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.

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