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On this day, in loving memory of Pearly, Agnes and Maude play a game on Pearly's favourite poker machine. But when they hit the jackpot, money isn't the only thing that comes spilling out.
Made by new filmmakers from South Australia, the Northern Territory, New South Wales, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania and Victoria and commissioned by SBSi in collaboration with State Agencies, AUSTRALIA BY NUMBERS offers a rich mixture of subject matter, from a pigeon club in Leichhardt to the much disputed Jabiluka uranium mine in Jabiru. The series paints a wide-ranging view of the country we live in, each episode contributing to an intimate snapshot of Australia today.
A new sketch comedy show from some of the funniest blackfellas in Australia. (Well, they better be.) Following in the footsteps of the 1973 pilot Basically Black, this is the first sketch comedy series written entirely by blackfellas and commissioned by the ABC.
A sketch comedy show by blackfellas. For everyone.
Documentary on the First Indigenous Women's Conference held in Adelaide in 1989.
Head of the family before his time, Odin Freeburn is being pulled in all directions. One brother is in jail, another brother is in love with the daughter of a family enemy and his wife has run away, leaving him to raise two daughters. His sister-in-law is in love with him, his car repair shop is about to go under and his mother is giving him advice, despite the fact that she died in 1990. Can he find a way to honour his promise to her that he will keep the family together?
Raw, heartfelt, sometimes painstaking but often funny, In My Own Words follows the journey of adult Aboriginal students and their teachers as they discover the transformative power of reading and writing for the first time in their lives.
LITTLE J AND BIG CUZ is an animated series for Indigenous children across Australia aged from 4 to 6 years, their parents, teachers and the wider community.
Little J, he’s five and Big Cuz, she’s nine. They’re a couple of Indigenous Australian kids living with their Nanna and Old Dog. Little J and Big Cuz are busy with the ups and downs of playground and classroom. There’s always something surprising going on whether it’s at school, in the backyard... or beyond. The gaps in Nanna’s ramshackle fence lead to Saltwater, Desert and Freshwater Country. With the help of Nanna and their teacher Ms Chen, Little J and Big Cuz are finding out all about culture, community and country.
Little kids, big adventures - 5 year old Little J and his 9 year old cousin Big Cuz are a couple of lively Indigenous kids who live with their Nanna and their Old Dog.
Little J, he’s five and Big Cuz, she’s nine. They’re a couple of First Nations Australian kids living with their Nanna and Old Dog. Little J and Big Cuz are busy with the ups and downs of playground and classroom. There’s always something surprising going on whether it’s at school, in the backyard... or beyond. The gaps in Nanna’s ramshackle fence lead to Saltwater, Desert and Freshwater Country. With the help of Nanna and their teacher Ms Chen, Little J and Big Cuz are finding out all about culture, community and country.
The Sydney 2000 Olympics Opening Ceremony was honoured by a group of Indigenous women from a remote region of Australia who performed in front of a mesmerised audience. These are the women of MINYMAKU WAY. The film illuminates the special 'malpa' (working relationship in Pitjantjatjara) between Indigenous and non-Indigenous women, as they deal with complex social problems in a time of immense cultural change for Anangu (Indigenous) people.
In an isolated desert community, Della and Alvin are promised under the traditional laws of marriage. Their time has come. They move in together. One house, two swags, a guitar... no idea.
Mona and her adult daughter, Kymmy, set out from their country home to get Kymmy's young son from foster care in the city. As they travel they face and overcome many setbacks, and their past and future are explored. They argue and part ways. Kymmy gets to the foster home only to find another obstacle in her way. Mona arrives later and brings about a surprising and provocative resolution.
Easter 2000. As a quarter of a million people prepare to march around the country in an unprecedented show of support for Reconciliation, Jay Swan and Mary Allen attempt to forge a new life together in a fading timber town still mired in racism and denial. With the trial of his father’s murderer now concluded, Jay has promised to put his pain behind him and join Mary on her mother’s Country as they care for Mary’s niece, Anya, and await the birth of their first child. It doesn’t take long, though, for the majesty of the surrounding forests and the deep lake that shimmers at the heart of the town, to take on gothic dimensions…
Nganampa Anwernekenhe means ‘ours’ in the Pitjantjatjara and Arrernte languages. This is an Aboriginal produced series of programs helping to maintain Aboriginal language and culture through the art, music, stories and dances of the original inhabitants of this land.
NGANAMPA ANWEMEKENHE is the only broadcast Aboriginal language series produced in Australia. Subtitled in English this program features traditional Aboriginal life, culture and dreaming stories.
Ngangkari Way is so important to Anangu. It is a stark contrast to the Western world's approach to medicine and the Ngangkari Way certainly shines through. This film will highlight that from the beginning, through Aboriginal law and culture, Ngangkari Way is determined and sustained.
The highly celebrated and multi award winning drama is back for one last story. A powerful, heartbreaking and uplifting telemovie that explores the impact of a violent crime on two women, and the fight for justice that ensues.
REDFERN NOW centres around contemporary inner city Indigenous life. Over six episodes we join the households of six different families whose lives are changed by a seemingly insignificant incident. Extraordinary events in ordinary lives.
During a blackout in the family apartment, an intellectually challenged young black woman is thrown into turmoil. It is the darkness which promotes fear in the young woman and it is her elderly grandmother who soothes her, teaching her not only to embrace the dark but also to affirm her dark self.
She Who Must Be Loved is a documentary that tells the epic life story of Alfreda Glynn – 78 year old Aboriginal woman, stills photographer, co founder of the Central Australian Aboriginal Media Association (CAAMA), and Imparja TV, mother, grandmother, great grandmother, radical, pacifist, grumpy old woman, who in equal measure loves the limelight and total privacy.
The beauty of Indigenous art and the sometimes-devious practices in the global art market take Detective Toni Alma on an epic hunt for a killer. Spanning her small Northern Territory community and art galleries across the globe, this is a murder mystery like no other, exploring culture, community and the very human pursuit of identity and belonging.
Descendants of Aboriginal soldiers who fought as part of the WW1 Palestine campaign were amongst the hundreds of Australians who, in October 2017, gathered in Israel to mark the 100 year anniversary of the legendary battle of Beersheba. Truth Be Told: Lest We Forget, journey's with some of these descendants to explore why this was such an important event.
A WALK WITH WORDS is the personal and political story of Romaine Moreton, a poet, performance artist and Indigenous woman, and how she uses words to seduce her audience and illustrate the plight and beauty of Indigenous survival.
Presented by Miranda Tapsell, You Are Here explores the place of Indigenous people in Australia today. Included in the series are Warwick Thornton’s We Don’t Need a Map, Erica Glynn’s In My Own Words, Tyson Mowarin’s Connection to Country and Trisha Morton-Thomas’ Occupation Native, which all capture moments in time that have the power to shape our history
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