Deadly Family Portraits series for iview

Actor Lillian Crombie (pictured) and daughter Elaine Crombie, visual artist Robert Fielding and son Zaachariaha Fielding, and dancers Taree and Caleena Sansbury are will feature in an upcoming iview documentary series Deadly Family Portraits.

The 2019 short docs are part of an initiative of the South Australian Film Corporation, ABC Arts iView and Arts South Australia, to showcase artistic talent among Aboriginal families and emerging  filmmakers.

SAFC Aboriginal Screen Strategy Consultant, Lee-Ann Buckskin said “This is an amazing opportunity to nurture the careers of extraordinary up and coming Aboriginal directors and producers alongside such inspiring Aboriginal artists, while creating compelling and insightful viewing for a national audience.”

An initiative of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), ABC Arts iView and Arts South Australia, each episode in the Deadly Family Portraits series will be produced by an Aboriginal filmmaking team to create an intriguing conversation between artist and filmmaker; as they reflect upon identity, culture, life, art, country and family. Each film will be under 10 minutes and will premiere on ABC iview in 2019.

Selected filmmaking teams, who have already completed the first phase of workshop development with nationally acclaimed producer Tanith Glynn-Maloney (Robbie Hood, She Who Must Be Loved), are comprised of director Edoardo Crismani (The Panther Within) and producer Gina Rings working with Lillian and Elaine Crombie, director Isaac Lindsay (Konya) and producer Scarlett Schrader teamed with Robert Fielding and Zaachariaha Fielding and for the third episode, a unique sibling situation will see sisters, director Pearl Berry and producer Lilla Berry work with sisters Taree and Caleena Sansbury.

Deadly Family Portraits was created under the SAFC’s Aboriginal Screen Strategy to enable practitioners from under-represented groups to create screen content and make their authorial voices heard while creating pathways for training, mentoring and professional development for the South Australian Aboriginal screen sector. The teams will be mentored by Change Media’s Carl Kuddel and SAFC Associate Executive Nara Wilson through the whole process.