Indigenisation resources: Film & TV

Resource portal to assist with locating Indigenous content for courses.

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Featured resources

At the Movies: Contemporary Australian Indigenous Cultural Expressions – Transforming the Australian Story by Lynn Griffin et al.
Publication Date: 2017 in Australian Journal of Indigenous Education

Australia's story has predominately been told from the coloniser's viewpoint. This narrative is being rewritten through Indigenous artists utilising the power of cinema to create compelling stories with Indigenous control.
Blackfella Films: Decolonizing urban Aboriginality in Redfern Now by Felicity Collins
Publication Date: 2014 in Studies in Australasian Cinema

Redfern Now has been acclaimed as the first Indigenous television drama series to be produced in Australia. The decolonizing lens of Redfern Now is evident not only in Indigenous creative control but also in the immersive aesthetic and ethical dilemmas that invite the viewer to experience Redfern from an Aboriginal vantage point.

Books

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Films and TV shows

Web links

National Indigenous Television (NITV) - A channel made by, for and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people.
Australian Screen: A Short History of Indigenous Filmmaking - After almost a century of silence as a creative voice in screen culture, Indigenous filmmakers have, within a generation, become a vibrant presence in the centre of filmmaking in Australia.
First Nations Media Australia - First Nations Media Australia (formerly known as Indigenous Remote Communications Association, IRCA) is the national peak body for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander media industry.
First Nations Broadcasting - Australia’s largest television and radio broadcaster with its own production company.

Specialist databases

Informit Indigenous Collection - Contains specialist journals, conference papers, reports, magazines, eBooks and grey literature unavailable elsewhere online. Some full-text.
Communication and mass media complete - Access to journals in areas related to communication, mass media and closely-related fields of study.
Film and television literature index with full text - Includes film and television theory, preservation and restoration, screenwriting, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Indigenisation resources: Film & TV

Featured videos

About Film & TV Representation - History of Indigenous Australians in Film

About ACMI Conversations: The Decolonising of Aboriginal Representation on our Screens