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TAGGED: cultural identity
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Guest Writer Sara Khan on Deborah Mailman

Guest writer Sara Khan reflects on how actor Deborah Mailman helped shape and influence her own body of work as a young First Nations creative.

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Radiance: True Love

Mae (Trisha Morton-Thomas) is wearing her mother’s wedding dress. Nona (Deborah Mailman) wants to bottle the ashes so they can take them to the island to scatter.

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Radiance: Deborah Mailman re-enacts Madama Butterfly

In this scene from Radiance (1998), Nona (Deborah Mailman) plays a recording of her famous opera-singer sister Cressy (Rachael Maza) singing 'Un bel dì, vedremo' from Puccini's Madama

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Halal Gurls

Halal Gurls offers a candid look into the lives of three 20-something Hijabis living in Bankstown, Sydney as they endure the unseen everyday culture clash between their faith and desire.

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Flowergirl: Recordings

Tensions emerge between housemates Daisuke (Toshiyuki Chiba) and Hana (Mikiko Ooka) as he prepares to leave Australia.

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Flowergirl: ‘The colour of bricks’

Cate Shortland brings her distinctive visual sensibility and mood-oriented storytelling to a tale of cross-cultural experience, departure and unrequited love.

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Australian BBQs

The Aussie barbecue is a timeless ritual that is ingrained in our culture.

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Australians at the beach

From national surf carnivals and cultural events to family holidays by the sea, Australians love spending time at the beach.

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Celebrating the Aussie Summer BBQ

This summer, we're celebrating a great national tradition – the Aussie barbecue.

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Australian Weekend: BBQ Scenes

This film looks at some of the ways in which Australians typically spend their weekend leisure time in the 1960s.