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DVDs ANTaR Victoria RecommendsAboriginal Deaths in Custody March DVDBrewarrina Sat 11th Dec 2004 For media interviews or for more information and community contacts: Brewarrina is a small country town in Western NSW, it is situated at the boundary of the Traditional areas occupied by several language groups including the Ngemba, Murrawarri, Ualarai, Weilwan, and the Baranbinja people. Brewarrina therefore developed into a traditional inter tribal meeting place, emerging as the site for gatherings for ceremonial purposes. These included initiation ceremonies, marriages, cultural festivals and other celebrations and meetings relating to the law. Brewarrina is a one hour drive east from Bourke, on the Kamilaroi Highway, which leads east towards Walgett, Moree and then Brisbane. The enclosed DVD features footage from a march held recently in Brewarrina. It also includes exerpts from speeches and community people. Brewarrina is a place where police injustice and brutality have featured strongly in recent and past history. The deaths of people such as Lloyd Boney and Eddie Murray led to the establishment of the Royal Commission into Aboriginal Deaths In Custody. It is time for these issues to gain national significance once more… the stories must be told…. Deaths in custody continue to grow… and as Dianne Hardy states “they have been extended to our river banks and roads”. People Featured: in order of appearance
Liyarn Ngarn "Liyarn Ngarn had
me riveted and moved me to tears, anger and shame. It's the most
culturally significant film I've seen in years... Pete Postlethwaite,
Archie Roach and Patrick Dodson are superb... it's an absolute 'must
see' for ALL Australians.
This compelling documentary tells of the devastation and inhumanity brought upon Indigenous people in every aspect of their daily lives. Personal stories of injustice are recounted by renowned English actor Pete Postlethwaite, as told to him by Patrick Dodson whose Indigenous son Louis died tragically.
Respected songman, Archie Roach, adds his powerful lyrics and voice to this often painful, yet inspiring, journey of strength.
Liyarn Ngarn aims to change peoples' perception and attitude to Indigenous people and to assist with the process of true and lasting reconciliation. It also offers some kind of meaningful epitaph to the Indigenous lives lost through sheer inhumanity.
ANTaR Victoria's Anti-racism DVD - 'Rap it up!'Young people taking a stand against racism
Synopsis 'Rap it Up' is an 18 minute film intended as a continuation of a dynamic education project fostering understanding. 'There is still a lot of racism in schools to this day, and there will be for a very long time in the future' (Rachel, 18 Yrs old, Yorta Yorta/Gunditjmara) This unique film is a peer based educational resource designed to address racism and discrimination among young people in a constructive, positive way. Augmented with supporting teacher's notes, it is a valuable tool for teachers and community educators alike.
On the 27th June 2005, 44 Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous and refugee young people came together at a three day camp in Bacchus Marsh to learn from
each other, and to educate their peers about racism. In group discussions and impromptu interviews, young people from different cultural backgrounds absorb each other's experiences, and find similarities and differences with their own. They talk about copping racism at school, what it's like to be the child of parents from the stolen generation, what its like growing up in Serbia and Iraq, and of how it feels to be a teenage refugee in a foreign country.
Rap it Up is suitable for use in the class room or youth programs and events. It brings together personal stories with rap, song and dance, to develop a story about the impact of racism and having the courage to overcome it.
Buy the DVD online Please order your copy of 'Rap it Up' through ANTaR Victoria's online shop. The cost of the DVD is $18.00 plus postage.
The DVD is available for loan at the National Film and Sound Archive. The DVD will be lodged soon be in other resource centres. You could also suggest your school's librarian purchase a copy for loan.
Please consider supporting such initiatives by becoming a member of ANTaR or a regular donor to ANTaR Victoria.
Teacher's notes
The making of 'Rap it up' This DVD was inspired by and shot during ANTaR Victoria's 'Indigenous and Refugee young peoples' anti-racism peer education project.' This project was launched in March 2005, during cultural diversity week, and centred around a 3-day camp in June 2005.
On the camp, Anglo-Saxon, Indigenous and refugee young people came together to learn from each other and using drama, rap and dance, explored ways to educate their peers against racism. Skits developed on the camp were preformed in August-September 2005. Interviews for the DVD were undertaken late 2006.
The team behind the DVD
Jon Staley Filming and drama facilitation for the camp, developed the teachers' notes Jon works for Golden Seahorse Productions. He is a long-time collaborator with Richard Frankland on film-making and cross-cultural training. Jon has taught at Northlands Secondary College and TAFEs. He directed the acclaimed play, 'What is a Warrior?'. Jon was assisted on the camp by Sally Hill, a work experience student from Eltham High School.
Megan Evans Filming performances and interviews after the camp, director for the DVD Megan has extensive experience with education through the arts, as well as a fine arts PhD. She was project worker for ANTaR Victoria's Fanning the Flames of Reconciliation project.
Clare Land Anti-racism project manager, camp leader, producer for DVD Clare is a young activist and facilitator, and was a community development worker with ANTaR Victoria's Fanning the Flames of Reconciliation project.
Project partners ANTaR Victoria's project partners included: major partner WYPIN (Western Young People's Independent Network); as well as Dulin Inc (Indigenous Young Peoples Mentoring Service); Working Together for Indigenous Youth; Cutting Edge Youth Services (Shepparton); Bunjilaka (at Melbourne Museum); and the Immigration Museum.
Involvement of schools Students from the following schools and youth services participated in the camp: Eaglehawk Secondary College, Bendigo; Maribyrnong Secondary College; Cutting Edge Youth Services, Santa Maria College; Northcote Secondary College; Reservoir District Secondary College; Thornbury High School
Funders The project received grants from DIMA (Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs) and AMES (Adult Multicultural Education Services). ANTaR Victoria is supported by the Community Support Fund and the Brotherhood of St Laurence. |
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Liyarn
Ngarn, in the Yawuru language of the West Kimberly region around
Broome in Australia's for north-west, means "Coming Together
of the Spirit". It epitomizes a thirty year long mission of
Indigensous leader and yawura man, Patrick Dodson, to bring about
a lasting and true reconciliation between the original owners and
the immigrants.
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