Airdate: Who We Are in Sport

The Bio Channel will mark the fourth anniversary of the Australian Government’s Apology to Australia’s First Nations Peoples and the Stolen Generations with the second Who We Are documentary, highlighting some of the best known Indigenous Australian role models.

Who We Are in Sport will profile sporting achievers include Anthony Mundine, Mark Ella, Phil Krakouer, Nova Peris, Kyah Simon and Des Abbott.

Along with their struggles, sacrifices and legacies, they also reveal to us their dreams for the future of their sports, and their hopes for Indigenous Australians in all walks of life.

The first series of Who We Are, aired across 25 of Foxtel’s mainstream channels in 2010, and went on to win a host of awards including 10 Awards at the New York Festivals 2011 World’s Best Television & Films, including a coveted Grand Award.

The series also won the 2011 ASTRA Award for Most Outstanding Documentary.

As Australia’s biggest subscription television broadcaster, invited into more than 1.66 million homes and with around 6 million viewers tuning in each week, Foxtel has a powerful platform from which to contribute to reconciliation.

Who We Are in Sport, marks the second production in a three-part creative strategy and complements Foxtel’s other activities, which include:

-Broadcasting National Indigenous Television (NITV) nationally since 2007
-Providing indigenous traineeships and career opportunities
-Founding the Media Reconciliation Industry Network Group (RING)

Foxtel is also a major sponsor of The Dreaming Festival, Australia’s International Indigenous Festival.

In 2011, Foxtel published its third RAP (Reconciliation Action Plan) – all our RAPs can be found online at www.reconciliation.org.au.

Who We Are in Sport is produced by Bearcage, will premiere on Bio, Monday, February 13 at 8.30pm.