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A soap opera writer, Dorothy Bloom, plans a quiet long weekend in Melbourne. However, work, family, friends and romance all conspire to foil her good intentions.
This documentary series profiles four prominent Aboriginal men whose lives are interwoven with significant events in the history of the Aboriginal struggle. The stories of Darby Jampinjimpa Ross, Rupert Max Stuart, Charles Perkins and Mandawuy Yunuipingu are told in this production made from an Australian perspective.
For 30 years, Arrente man Rupert Max Stuart has maintained his innocence of the rape and murder of a young white girl. In BROKEN ENGLISH, we hear from Max and those personally involved in the case. Max Stuart claims he fell prey to prejudices in the white justice system and alleges he was beaten and verballed by police. He spent 14 years in prison and faced the gallows nine times for a crime he says he didn't commit.
As a young girl, Jan Ruff was taken prisoner by the Japanese in Java during World War II and forcibly moved to a secret brothel for Japanese officers where, along with seven other virgins, she was forced to endure countless rapes and beatings by the most brutal soldiers. FIFTY YEARS OF SILENCE is Jan's story. We see the ways in which her courage and faith sustained her through the events in Java, through the ensuing years of sleepless nights and painful memories to her present day decision to tell her story for the first time.
Charles Perkins grew up in Alice Springs where segregation was the rule. Sent away to Adelaide for an education, he became increasingly aware of the injustices perpetrated against Australian Aborigines. In 1965, the first Aborigine to attend university, he instigated the 'freedom ride' - a bus load of concerned people, mostly students, who visited outback Australia, notably Walgett and Moree, to escalate the level of public awareness of racial intolerance in Australia. This video documents that journey and talks to those who took part.
Kev Carmody is a prolific songwriter and musician with a great sense of humour. He has performed with Paul Kelly and Billy Bragg, both of whom appear in the film. When Kev released his first album, 'Pillars of Society', in 1989, music magazine Rolling Stone described it as 'the best album ever released by an Aborigine and arguably the best album ever made in Australia'. Kev was propelled onto the national stage as a voice of protest for black Australia. This film looks at Kev up close.
A verité-style film based on the life stories of members of Adelaide's Centre for Aboriginal Studies in Music. Features bands Us Mob and No Fixed Address.
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