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NAIDOC Week 2022: guide

NITV, SBS, ABC, 10, Paramount, Foxtel and Netflix all mark the week celebrating Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples & culture.

National NAIDOC Week celebrations are held across Australia in the first week of July each year (Sunday to Sunday), to celebrate and recognise the history, culture and achievements of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. NAIDOC Week is an opportunity for all Australians to learn about First Nations cultures and histories and participate in celebrations of the oldest, continuous living cultures on earth.

July 3 – 10 2022:
The theme for 2022 is Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up!

NITV

Tanya Denning-Orman, a proud Birri and Guugu Yimidhirr woman and Director of Indigenous Content at SBS, said: “This NAIDOC Week is a moment for everyone to come together and celebrate the strength and resilience of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. At the heart of our offering across the network is a desire to inspire all Australians to continue driving the change forged by the First Nations trail blazers that have come before us.”

NAIDOC Awards
6:30pm (Pre Show) 7pm Awards Saturday, 2 July
Returning after a two-year hiatus, the National NAIDOC Awards kick off NAIDOC Week 2022 – a week of celebrations giving stage to this year’s theme of Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! Tune in to NITV and NITV Socials from 6:30pm on Saturday, 2 July to catch all the stars on the red carpet with NITV hosts Luke Carroll and Narelda Jacobs, before the National NAIDOC Awards are broadcast live on NITV from 7:00pm. The Awards recognise individuals who have contributed their talents, expertise, knowledge and lives to the First Nations Peoples of this land. This year’s Awards are hosted by television presenter Shelley Ware and comedian Steven Oliver. The NAIDOC Awards Aftershow follows from 10:30pm on NITV Socials – Gilbert McAdam and Megan Walters will wrap up the night, featuring interviews with the National NAIDOC Award winners, as well as an acoustic performance from proud Gamilaraay artist, Loren Ryan. At 10:30pm on NITV, The National NAIDOC Award Winners Stories 2022 will also give viewers an insight into the incredible lives and achievements of the winners.

Big Mob Brekky
7:30am Monday 4 – Friday 8 July,
Australia’s only all-Indigenous television breakfast program returns with new hosts, NRL legend Tanisha Stanton and actor Luke Carroll. Joining Tanisha and Luke are returning favourites Bush Tucker Bunjie, Rae Johnston, Tyrone Pynor, Matty Mills, Bianca Hunt, Dean Widders and Mark Olive. Audiences can look forward to big laughs, big news stories and big yarns. Viewers can catch up on SBS at 10am Monday to Thursday, and 9.30am on SBS on Friday, and NITV at 11:30pm as well as on SBS On Demand.

True Colours
Monday 4 – Thursday 7 July, 8:30pm
Simulcast on SBS and NITV
True Colours is a gripping four-part crime drama that takes viewers deep into the world of a First Nations community as it has never been seen before. What starts as an investigation into a car accident, soon turns into an epic hunt for a killer. It’s a murder mystery like no other exploring culture, community, family and one woman’s pursuit to find her place within it. Set against the backdrop of the Northern Territory’s Mparntwe (Alice Springs) and Yeperenye (East MacDonnell Ranges), the Arrernte peoples connection to art and cultural practices is at the heart of True Colours. This ground-breaking series is in English and Arrernte and is SBS and NITV’s first scripted co-commission. The series will be subtitled in Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean and will be added to the language collections on SBS On Demand so more Australians can experience the series in their preferred language.

Living Black
July 4: Erica Glynn – Woman of Many Talents at 9:30pm on NITV
July 6: Art, Greed and Betrayal at 9:30pm on NITV
July 7: True Colours – Behind The Scenes at 9:30pm on NITV
The NAIDOC line-up includes True Colours specials of Living Black, firstly with Erica Glynn – Woman of Many Talents where host Karla Grant speaks with the award-winning writer, producer, and director about her life and career, and her role as co-creator of True Colours. In Art, Greed and Betrayal, Karla investigates how one man betrayed his art community. Then, in True Colours – Behind the Scenes, Karla is joined by creators Erica Glynn and Warren H. Williams, Rarriwuy Hick and translator Marie Ellis to explore how Arrernte language, culture, and community helped to shape this unique series.

Off Country
8pm Thursday 7 July
Off Country (4 x 30’) is a candid documentary series which follows the lives of seven Indigenous students over a year at the prestigious Geelong Grammar School, grappling with family tragedy, mental health and identity issues. Wrestling with their conflicting identities as students move between boarding life and home life, the series creates a historic record of one of Australia’s key Indigenous education pathways and a complex portrait of what it is to be a First Nations child in Australia today. Driven by the students’ stories and told entirely in their own words, Off Country combines personal observational storytelling and features intimate perspectives of contemporary First Nations youth alongside their personal educational experiences. Off Country will be subtitled in Arabic, Traditional Chinese, Simplified Chinese, Vietnamese and Korean on SBS On Demand. Off Country will also air on SBS later this year.

Ningla A-Na
8:30pm Sunday 10 July,
In tribute to this year’s theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! NITV is proud to be presenting the remastered film of Ningla A-Na. Ningla A-Na was made in 1972 and has been remastered for the 50th anniversary of the Tent Embassy. The film records the events surrounding the establishment of the Tent Embassy on the lawns of Parliament House. It includes interviews with black activists of the time and footage ​from demonstrations and arrests at the Embassy. This iconic film presents an inside view of Aboriginal political life at the time. A film which should be seen by all Australians. 20 July is the anniversary of the day in 1972 when the federal government amended the law to allow police to march in and forcibly dismantle the Embassy.​

SBS

SBS Managing Director, James Taylor, said: “SBS is proud to be the home of national NAIDOC celebrations once again in 2022, and we’re celebrating across every part of the network.

“All Australians are invited to participate with programs that exemplify Indigenous excellence, innovative projects that build bridges between our newest Australians and world’s oldest continuing culture, and insightful coverage that champions First Nations perspectives. We’re excited to be bringing audiences together, and also connecting students and schools across the country through our SBS Learn resources.”

True Colours see above
8:30pm Monday 4 – Thursday 7 July
Simulcast on SBS and NITV

Who Do You Think You Are?: Justin Hodges
7:30pm Tuesday, 5 July at
Who Do You Think You Are? will explore NRL Legend, Justin Hodges’ family history. Justin Hodges is on a mission to learn more about his Indigenous family history. On his mother’s side, Justin traces the story of his mysterious Great Grandmother, from profound dislocation to an astounding family legacy. Following his father’s family, Justin journeys to the Torres Strait Islands where he discovers a pioneering and heroic great uncle.

SBS Food, SBS World Movies, SBS On Demand

Throughout the week, SBS Food is proud to present NAIDOC themed episodes of The Cook Up with Adam Liaw. Adam will welcome an array of guests from Monday to Friday at 7:00pm, including Narelda Jacobs and Nakkiah Lui. Adam and his guests will chat through bush tucker, native meats and family favourite feeds. SBS Food will also be airing Torres Strait at Home, a mini-series helmed by Torres Strait Islander chef, Nornie Bero, who will be making easy dishes highlighting native ingredients and her connection to them.

SBS On Demand will be presenting two bespoke NAIDOC shelves on the platform. Celebrating NAIDOC Week 2022 features a curated collection of programming within the NITV channel page. Sitting within this collection is the National NAIDOC Awards, the Off Country, True Colours, Big Mob Brekky, special Living Black episodes and much more, all available to stream after broadcast. The second shelf, National NAIDOC Award 2022 Winners, will feature a collection of mini docs profiling and celebrating each 2022 National NAIDOC Award winner.

SBS World Movies will host a curated collection of acclaimed Australian cinema telling First Nations stories. The Last Wave, Jasper Jones, Emu Runner, The Dark Side and Mad Bastards will each air at 9:30pm, Monday 4 July to Friday 8 July.

ABC:

“I am delighted to see the depth and range of content available to our audiences this NAIDOC Week.” ABC Head of Drama, Entertainment and Indigenous and ABC Bonner Committee Chair Sally Riley said. “The ABC’s history of Indigenous programming is explored in our TV special Looking Black, revisiting key moments from our 90-year history. It demonstrates how far the ABC has come in representing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island voices and the issues important to their communities.”

The ABC will also be celebrating the 20th Anniversary of our Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander advisory group the Bonner Committee. First established in 2002, its name commemorates the late Neville Bonner AO, Australia’s first Aboriginal Senator and an ABC Board member from 1983 to 1991.

ABC Managing Director David Anderson said: “For 20 years the ABC Bonner Committee has honoured the legacy of the late Neville Bonner AO and continued the work he initiated. This year’s NAIDOC Week theme Get Up! Stand Up! Show Up! celebrates the many Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people who have led change in the community, and it is fitting we recognise the Bonner Committee’s commitment to drive change across the ABC as part of these celebrations. With their guidance, the ABC has been a significant platform for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages and stories to be part of the national conversation.”

Weekend Breakfast
7am Sunday ABC TV / ABC News
On Sunday 3 July ABC News Breakfast interviews Tom Forrest live from Broome about his takeover of the ABC TikTok account and his “Outback Tom” persona.

Compass: We Come to Take You Home
7:30pm Sunday ABC TV Plus
Kamilaroi elder Bob Weatherall has spent a lifetime working tirelessly to bring home sacred Indigenous ancestral remains that are stored in museums and universities all over the world. Kamilaroi elder Bob Weatherall has spent a lifetime working tirelessly to bring home sacred Indigenous ancestral remains that are stored in museums and universities all over the world. We Come to Take You Home weaves musical performance and spoken word to tell the story of the long hard battle he and other Aboriginal warriors have fought to bring home their ancestors.We join Bob and his family on a road trip back to visit the burial ground where the sacred remains of his people were repatriated a decade ago. But for Bob, returning to the resting place is bittersweet, knowing there is still so much more to do.
Production credit: Producer: Tracey Spring. Series Producer: Kim Akhurst. Executive Producer: Amanda Collinge.

Julia Zemiro’s Home Delivery
7:40pm Sunday ABC
Episode 3: Stephen Page
Stephen Page, artistic director of one of Australia’s most celebrated performing arts companies goes back to where it all began. He takes Julia on an emotional and uplifting journey through his career achievements, the strength of his family and what the future may bring. The creative force behind the Indigenous dance company Bangarra, Stephen Page, takes Julia to the Brisbane suburb of Mount Gravatt East, and the four-bedroom housing commission property that the Page family called home for over fifty years. Home videos capture the fun Stephen and his eleven brothers and sisters had dressing up, staging performances on the laundry roof and entertaining the whole street. It is also the place where Stephen witnessed the struggle and disadvantages faced by his parents, and the tragic death of his oldest brother. Julia and Stephen then visit Stephen’s primary school and, via the back seat of a delightful 1967 Safari Chrysler Valiant Station Wagon, his high school. These were places where Stephen first identified and experienced racism, and where he started to find his love of directing and choreography. Next it’s off to Sydney where, at a little church hall in the suburb of Glebe, Stephen learned his craft at the Aboriginal Islander Dance Theatre. At the Redfern PCYC, Stephen tells Julia about the artistic fervour and the tight community that lead to the creation of Bangarra’s early ground-breaking shows. At the Bangarra Dance Company Studios, Julia sits down with Stephen for an emotional and uplifting discussion about his career achievements, dealing with trauma and loss, the strength of his family and what the future may bring.
Production credit: A CJZ Production made in association with ABC. Director & Executive Producer Damian Davis. Series Producer Asha Anderson. CJZ Executive Producer Nick Murray. ABC Head of Entertainment Nick Hayden. ABC Executive Producer Frances O’Riordan.

Mark Coles Smith as Jay Swan, Mystery Road Origin – Photograph by David Dare Parker

Mystery Road: Origin
8:30pm Sunday ABC
ABC’s hugely popular drama returns… Mystery Road: Origin introduces audiences to a young Jay Swan. It’s 1999 and Jay Swan (Mark Coles Smith), a young constable, arrives to a new job in the outback mining town Jardine. After finding his father, Jack (Kelton Pell), a local rodeo and shooting legend, hitchhiking on the highway, Jay inadvertently steps into an armed hold-up at a roadhouse. The thieves escape and Jay is manhandled by police until his new boss, Sergeant Peter Lovric (Steve Bisley), arrives and introduces Jay to his new colleagues Snr Constable Max Armine (Hayley McElhinney) and Constable Cindy Cheng (Grace Chow). Jay follows a clue in the roadhouse robbery to a machinery hire company and although he’s stonewalled, when there’s a suspicious accident involving one of its workers, it feels like there might be a connection.
Production credit: Produced by Bunya Productions for the ABC, with major production investment from Screen Australia’s First Nations Department in association with Screenwest and Lotterywest and the Western Australian Screen Fund. Financed in association with Screen NSW, with All3Media International handling international sales. Directed by Dylan River. Produced by Greer Simpkin and David Jowsey. Writers: Blake Ayshford, Steven McGregor, Kodie Bedford, Timothy Lee and Dylan River. ABC Executive Producer, Andrew Gregory. ABC Head Drama, Entertainment, Indigenous, Sally Riley.

News Breakfast
6am Monday July 4 ABC / ABC News
On Monday July 4 ABC News Breakfast speaks with Inala Cooper, author of “Marrul: Aboriginal Identity & the Fight for Rights and Advancing Human Rights (In The National Interest)”.

Little J and Big Cuz
6:25pm Monday ABC Kids
Series 3
Little J & Big Cuz are two Indigenous Australian kids who 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.
Little J (Miranda Tapsell), Big Cuz (Deborah Mailman), Nanna (Ursula Yovich) and Old Dog (Aaron Fa’Aoso) are back for more adventures in this brand new series. Little J and Big Cuz are Indigenous Australian kids 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.

Episode 1: Kid Detectives
Detectives Little J and Levi are on the case when precious things go missing… The kids are baffled when precious things go missing so detectives Little J and Levi search for clues. Big Cuz knows one piece of the puzzle – overwhelmed by receiving her pen licence, she’s hidden her pen. But where are all the other precious things?
Production credit: © 2021 Ned Lander Media Pty Limited, National Indigenous Television, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the Australian Council for Educational Research Limited and Screen Tasmania.

Built To Survive
7pm Monday ABC ME
Phil Breslin draws on the knowledge of science, First Nations peoples and his own experience in the wild, to find out how animals have adapted to some of the world’s most extreme and diverse, natural habitats. Nature as we know it, took millions of years to evolve. Every animal and plant in this vast web of life has withstood countless generations of fighting and fleeing, hunting and hiding, feeding and breeding. But each of these success stories flourish under the laws of the jungle, only the fittest survive, every creature under the sun must adapt or die. Third generation Indigenous educator Phil Breslin is on a mission to reveal the Australian animals that are Built to Survive our diverse Aussie environments. A teacher, adventurer and wildlife aficionado originally from Gimuy (Cairns) in Far North Queensland, he draws on the knowledge of science, First Nations peoples, and his own experience in the wild, to find out how animals have adapted to some of the world’s most extreme and diverse, natural environments. Phil will travel to the most remote corners of the Australian continent in a bid to discover a world that most kids have only ever Googled. Built to Survive features engaging demonstrations with creatures in order to reveal the tricks and techniques they employ to survive in their specific environments. Motion graphics and 3D imagery reveal why there is no place for inefficiency in nature. The journey through each extreme environment will culminate in Phil deliberating over and then choosing the animal he believes to be without a doubt, built to survive each environment. Which one will you choose?
Production credit: © 2022 Breslin & Butter Pty Ltd and Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

The ABC Of
8pm Tuesday ABC
Episode 2:Evonne Goolagong Cawley
David Wenham goes fishing in the ABC Archival life of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the Indigenous kid who conquered the tennis world, winning 14 Grand Slams. David Wenham goes fishing in the ABC Archival life of Evonne Goolagong Cawley, the Indigenous kid from Barellan in NSW who went on to conquer the world, winning both Wimbledon and the French Open before she even turned 20. And they were just the first two of her 14 Grand Slam titles (seven singles, six double and one mixed doubles). Some amazing footage has been unearthed by The ABC Of researchers, from news vision of Evonne at 11 and 12 playing at White City in Sydney to footage of the joyous hometown parade staged after her first Wimbledon triumph. And then there’s a jawdropping 1973 meeting with a male interviewer whose questions will make you pause and rewind to see if you really heard them correctly.
Production credit: A Guesswork Television Production in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Executive Producers: Jon Casimir and Jo Long. ABC Commissioning Editor Julie Hanna. ABC Head of Factual and Culture Jennifer Collins.

Looking Black special
8:30pm Tuesday ABC
As the ABC marks 90 years, Looking Black hears from some of the Indigenous voices who have shaped Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander storytelling at the national broadcaster – from some of the inaugural First Nations journalists of the late 80s and 90’s, through to MessageStick and other magazine-style programs, while hearing from the stars of Redfern Now, Black Comedy and Total Control, all while looking to the future.
Production credit: Looking Black is an ABC Indigenous production. Executive Producers: Kelrick Martin and Dan Bourchier. Series Producer/Writer/Editor: Craig Anderson , Producer/Director/Production Coordinator: Dana Bradshaw. Producer/Social Producer: Juanita Scott-Funaki. Editor: Bryan Moses. Edit Assistant: Dekeba Battee Aston. DOP: Brendan Blacklock. Studio Art Director: Alex Smith. Additional Camera: Michael Fairbain, Ben Powell, John Varga. Sound: Gavin Marsh and Luke Agius.

Wednesday 6 July at 8pm AEST ABC NEWS
Bridget Brennan and Dan Bourchier will co-host a special live program on ABC News Channel, about the Uluru Statement, explaining where we’re at in establishing a First Nations Voice in the Constitution, and the next steps. The program will include Minister for Indigenous Australians Linda Burney, plus insights from experts in Canada and New Zealand.

Ablaze
8:30pm Wednesday 6 July ABC TV Plus
In the powerful documentary Ablaze Tiriki Onus explores whether his grandfather, civil rights leader Bill Onus, might have been the first Aboriginal filmmaker. Ablaze, which first premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival in 2021, airs on ABC TV PLUS and ABC iview on 6 July at 8.30pm AEST.

Movin’ to the Country
7:30pm Friday ABC
Movin’ to the Country celebrates the entrepreneurs, innovators and dreamers who are transforming the look and feel of Regional Australia. Join hosts Craig Quartermaine, Halina Baczkowski and Kristy O’Brien as they head off to a different region every week to tell the stories of folk looking to make a good living from their little patch of paradise. While it’s not all beer and peaches, despite struggles and setbacks, they’ve never looked back.
Episode 1 – Victoria
Craig Quartermaine kicks things off in Orbost in a remarkable brewery run by a young couple who make revolutionary beer by linking up with local farmers, foragers and divers to source unique ingredients, under the wise guidance of Indigenous writer and teacher Bruce Pascoe. Kristy O’Brien heads out onto the Great Ocean Road to visit a third-generation dairy farmer changing the game by reviving the multiple benefits of the era of glass bottles. Near Daylesford, Halina Baczkowski meets Buck and the community being created around the idea of sustainable, low-fi, ethical pig farming.
Production credit: Executive Producers: Cathie Schnitzerling and Rachel Robinson. Manager, Screen: Jo Chichester. Head- Screen, Sport and Events: Kath Earle.

Weekend Breakfast
7am Sunday July 10 ABC / ABC News
On Sunday 10 July an ABC News special investigates two multi billion-dollar gas projects in Scarborough (WA) and Narrabri (NSW), where traditional owners say they’re in a David and Goliath battle to protect their sacred sites from destruction by major corporations, even after the damning Juukan Gorge inquiry.

iview

ABC iview’s NAIDOC Week collection of programs will feature recent works Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra, The Australian Dream, My Name is Gulpilil and Charlie’s Country as well as the best Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander programming from across the ABC.

ABC Kids’ NAIDOC Week collection on ABC iview features Indigenous-led content such as Grandpa Honeyant Storytime and Languages of Our Land as well as every episode of Little J and Big Cuz. There are also special episodes of Play School, Joey’s Big Adventure and Jemima’s Big Adventure.

The ABC ME NAIDOC Week collection on ABC iview brings together Indigenous-focussed content for young audiences, including every episode of Red Dirt Riders and Ready For This, series two and three of Bushwhacked! and special episodes of Advice To My 12 Year Old Self, My Place, Teenage Boss and What It’s Like.

Network 10

The Project
6:30pm Sunday – Friday
Next week we commemorate NAIDOC Week, and joining us across the week are our special co-hosts Casey Donovan, Aaron Fa’aoso, Mitch Tambo, Tony Armstrong and Ben Abbatalengo.

Paramount+

Stuff Everyone Should Know About Australia
Sunday July 3
Elaine Crombie hosts Stuff Everyone Should Know About Australia – a 10 play NAIDOC Week documentary web series,
that’s all about busting myths and celebrating truths about First Nations history and culture. Let’s be real, when it comes to Australia’s First Nations people, there’s a lot of misinformation out there. And a whole lot of stuff that’s never been taught. This series aims to rectify that by taking a look at some fascinating facts all Australians should be proud of. Short and sweet, fun and educational – Stuff Every Should Know About Australia is a collaboration between 10 play and First Nations creatives who are passionate about learning amazing truths and sharing them with the rest of the nation.

Foxtel

My Name is Gulpilil 7:30pm Monday FOX Docos
Zach’s Ceremony 9pm Monday FOX Docos
Namatijira Project: The Quest for Justice 8:30pm Tuesday FOX Docos
The Australian Dream 8:30pm Thursday FOX Docos
Rabbit Proof Fence now On Demand

Netflix

The Art of Incarceration
Sunday July 3
The Art of Incarceration, a feature documentary looking at the over-representation of Indigenous Australians in the prison system, will be released exclusively on Netflix globally on July 3, 2022. This uncompromising documentary narrated by Uncle Jack Charles (Boonwurring Dja Dja Wurrung), headlines Netflix’s NAIDOC Week collection. Seen through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulham Correctional Centre, The Art of Incarceration explores how art and culture can empower First Nations people to transcend their unjust cycles of imprisonment. The Art of Incarceration provides an insight into the deeply ingrained incarceration epidemic of Australia’s First Peoples, and offers hope, as we follow the inmates’ quest for cultural identity and spiritual healing as they prepare for the annual ‘Confined’ exhibition and life on the outside. The film covers a range of perspectives from current and past inmates, including that of Robby Wirramanda (Wergaia), a former champion fighter who reconnected with his passion for art during his 6 ½ year sentence for drug trafficking. Robby is a symbol of strength and hope to many inmates due to his success as an artist/singer/songwriter, his work as a mentor and his unrelenting dedication to culture, community and family. Christopher Austin (Gunditjmara Keeray-Woorroong), has been in a cycle of incarceration for 37 years, having been made a ward of the state at the age of 12 for being ‘uncontrollable’. The injustices of Australia’s colonial history are inextricably seen in Christopher’s narrative. Through his new direction as an artist and his desire to create a lasting connection with his young daughter, Christopher is attempting to forge a better future. “In the past I was a crook, you know, a jail bird, but now I’m an artist. My daughter is so proud of that. I never used to think of myself that way.” Christopher Austin.
Writer, director, producer Alex Siddons comments “It has been a long road but I’m proud that this important story will be available to a global audience on Netflix. I’m grateful to everyone who contributed and supported us in completing the film. It is my hope that the film brings attention to the mass incarceration of Indigenous Australians in our criminal justice system, and affects urgent change.”
The statistics are sobering. PwC’s 2017 report ‘Indigenous incarceration: Unlock the facts’ revealed that Indigenous Australians make up less than 3% of the population, but account for 27% of the adult prison population. Indigenous youth make up 55% of young people in detention. The Art of Incarceration premiered at the Gold Coast Film Festival, and also screened at The Tasmanian Breath of Fresh Air Film Festival (BOFA) and Hawai‘i International Film Festival (HIFF). The film is directed by Alex Siddons, written by Christopher Austin, Robby Wirramanda and Alex Siddons, and produced by Kylie Pascoe and Alex Siddons. The original score was created by Theo McMahon (Bundjalung).

We’ve partnered with artist Luke Mallie who created the unique artwork “Rainbow Serpent Dreaming”, which members in Australia and New Zealand will now see when they visit the ‘First Nations Forever‘ page on Netflix. On this page, members can access a curated selection of 30 titles centred on Indigenous Australian perspectives, including The Art Of Incarceration, a new documentary that explores – through the eyes of Indigenous prisoners at Victoria’s Fulham Correctional Centre – how art and culture can empower First Nations people to transcend unjust cycles of imprisonment.

Other films, series and documentaries we’re highlighting this NAIDOC Week include:

My Name Is Gulpilil – Celebrated actor David Gulpilil reflects on his life, including his Yolŋu upbringing, storied career, alcohol addiction and cancer diagnosis.
Gurrumul – This moving documentary tells the story of Geoffrey Gurrumul Yunupingu, an Aboriginal musician celebrated as one of Australia’s most distinctive voices.
Firestarter: The Story of Bangarra – This documentary tells the story of Bangarra Dance Theatre and how three aboriginal brothers grew a dance group into a First Nations cultural powerhouse.
Jasper Jones – In the late ’60s, two teenage boys join forces to solve a chilling mystery and navigate the prejudices and secrets of their small Australian town.
Rabbit Proof Fence – After being swept up in an an integration program for Indigenous Australians, three girls vow to escape an abusive orphanage and return home.
Top End Wedding – When a diligent lawyer travels home to plan a wedding with her fiancé in just 10 days, she learns her mom has left her dad and skipped town.
Samson and Delilah – Branded as outcasts, teens Samson and Delilah set out on a grueling road trip in search of a place where they can lead a peaceful life.

One Response

  1. I like this year’s theme for NAIDOC Week. It’s motivational. I like the theme every year and lookout for it so it was good to note that.

    I still think Big Mob Brekky should be on permanently. It would also resonate beyond Indigenous Australia. Probably a lot of viewers are there looking for another option or alternative for breakfast that are leaving Sunrise and Today, and BMB also has a point of difference from ABC News Breakfast.

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