Mabo
If you missed this excellent & powerful film directed by Rachel Perkins, it is available on iView, along with other good Mabo resources. The performances of Jimi Bani and Deborah Mailman were exceptional. It will be a very useful resource for high schools – history, human rights, indigenous perspectives, legal studies, biography…
Watch Mabo film: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/movie/?WT.srch=1&WT.mc_id=Corp_TV-Mabo|Mabo_AdWords_:abc+mabo_b_g_19619852599_
Other Mabo videos: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/videos/
Timeline of Native Title: http://www.abc.net.au/tv/mabo/timeline/
Rachel Perkins directing episodes of Redfern Now
The 6 part ABC series from Perkins’ Blackfella Films (Mabo, First Australians) has begun filming with 4 directors (Perkins, Wayne Blair, Leah Purcell, Catriona McKenzie). It tells the story of 6 inner city households whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident. Cast includes Deborah Mailman, Jimi Bani, Miranda Tapsell. The series is co-written by indigenous writers and UK scriptwriter Jimmy McGovern.
If you haven’t yet seen Bran Nue Dae (2010), directed by Rachel Perkins, it’s wonderful – a very entertaining, coming-of-age, road movie, comedy, musical about a young Aboriginal man and his return home. Rated PG and very suitable for high schools. She has also directed a “prequel” to her First Australians series, which only started from 1788. The prequel documents the first contact between Cook and Aboriginal people at Botany Bay, NSW. The film can be seen in the Discovery Centre at Kamay Botany Bay National Park, Kurnell.
Looking forward to seeing The Sapphires (directed by Wayne Blair) when it opens in August!
http://mumbrella.com.au/the-sapphires-to-open-melbourne-international-film-festival-91950