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Flashback: Deadly Sounds 545 – Rachael Maza
In this interview, Rachael tells us about her experiences acting in this truly inspirational story, ‘The Sapphires.’
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From slave to leader
Peter Coppin’s epic and remarkable story is masterfully told in his updated memoir – ‘Kangkushot: Life of Nyamal Lawman’.
Flashback: Deadly Sounds Episode 616 – Karla Grant
When we spoke to the presenter of SBS’ Living Black, Karla Grant, back in 2006 the show had just got a prime time slot.
The Magic Hour
The lesser known fairy tale characters are in the limelight in Ursula Yovich’s one-woman show.
It’s NAIDOC at NITV
NITV will be bringing an exciting schedule of programming to the screens to coincide with NAIDOC week.
Accolades for Pecan Summer
Pecan Summer is framed by tens of thousands of years of culture and chronicles 70 years of dispossession.
Extra shows for Patyegarang
Following a hugely successful opening, Bangarra Dance Theatre has announced six new shows.
Behind the scenes on Thursday Island
Twelve Torres Strait Islander people have received a huge opportunity to write, cast and direct their own short films.
Cartoonist Danny Eastwood evens the score
Koori Mail newspaper cartoonist Danny Eastwood has evened the score over the past 20 years. He’s been drawing the kinds of subjects you might not see in mainstream newspapers and depicting issues that are relevant for Aboriginal people. “If you look at the ways non-Indigenous cartoonists portray black people we are presented as golliwog people […]
Sean’s new show is all love and laughs
Comedian Sean Choolburra’s latest show, 50 shades of blackness, focuses on good relationships as one of the main ways to stay healthy and happy. But it’s not all serious. As you would expect, his self-written, one-man comedy fest has got plenty of jokes to keep audiences entertained. “When you think about being Aboriginal, our relationships […]
Message Sticks screening special free films
Message Sticks is back on at the Sydney Opera House from March 19 to 24. There’s a range of interesting dance, music, talks, storytelling and exhibitions, as well as ‘free films’ screenings in the playhouse venue. On Saturday, 23 March, see three ground-breaking documentaries that tell of Indigenous struggle, resilience and survival: Croker Island Exodus, Coniston […]
“Overwhelming” response to NITV
National Indigenous Television (NITV) has been broadcasting free-to-air since the historic switchover on 12 December last year. According to the broadcaster, the response to the new channel has been “overwhelming”. NITV celebrated its first broadcast by transmitting live from Uluru on the day with a special two-hour show called From the Heart of Our Nation, […]
Digi Youth Theatre
The Brisbane-based DigiYouth Theatre will workshop, write and produce an all-Indigenous youth play this year. The play will be about the challenges that face young people when they leave their communities to seek opportunities in the cities. Digi Youth Theatre’s director and producer, Alethea Beetson says Digi Youth Theatre will hold workshops to begin the production […]
Spotlight on Tiwi culture
A Prominent author of books about Indigenous art and culture, Jennifer Isaacs has just released a new book – this time it’s about the people and art of the Tiwi Islands. called Tiwi: Art/ History/ Culture it’s the remarkable story of the development of artistic expression on the Tiwi Islands and the history and culture […]
Pedro Wonaeamirri and Tiwi art tradition
One of the Tiwi artists featured in a new book Tiwi: Art/ History/ Culture written by Jennifer Isaacs, Pedro Wonaeamirri is carrying on the tradition of painting ‘Jilamara’ or ‘good design’. He works out of the Jilamara Arts and Craft Association at Milikapiti on Melville Island. Pedro has been painting at the Jilamara Arts and […]
Love Dreaming and Other Poems
Hot on the heels of winning the 2012 Deadly Award for Outstanding Achievement in Literature, poet Ali Cobby Eckermann has put out a new book: Love Dreaming and Other Poems. Consisting of previously published and new poems, it is published by Vagabond Press, based in both Sydney and Tokyo, and is expected to help Ali […]
A leg-up
Acclaimed Indigenous dancer Gary Lang has just been named as the recipient of the Australia Council for the Arts’ Dance Board Fellowship – a prestigious $100,000, two-year grant. Gary says he will use the opportunity to continue working with communities in the Northern Territory, and develop his own dance works. It will also allow him […]
The journey continues
An exhibition of the works of the founding members of the Boomalli Aboriginal Artists Cooperative opened late last year to celebrate the cooperative’s 25th anniversary. It was a huge event, with more than 500 people turning up to pay homage to this amazing cultural institution. The exhibition, called Ripple Effect: Boomalli Founding Members, features works […]
Koori kids’ art on show
This year’s Koori Art Expressions exhibition is an imaginative collection of visual artworks created by Sydney school students from Kindergarten to Year 12. It is now showing AT the Powerhouse Museum. On display are more than 70 works inspired by this year’s NAIDOC Week theme and the 40th anniversary of the Aboriginal Tent Embassy. The […]
Koori art expressions
A selection of visual artworks created by Sydney school students, from Kindergarten to Year 12, are now on show at the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney. Over 70 works inspired by the theme ‘Spirit of the Tent Embassy: 40 Years On’ were created with 26 schools across Sydney contributing. The exhibition includes paintings, photography, textiles, sculptures […]
Word power
Lionel Fogarty writes, arguably, the most powerful poetry of any Australian poet working today. His experimental, uncompromising and politically fuelled poetry is the embodiment of years spent in the struggle for aboriginal rights and recognition. He has endured being framed for conspiracy by the corrupt Bjelke-Petersen government and the death in custody of his brother, […]
Music for the whole of Australia
West Australian reggae band Oz Island are on the move. They formed in Perth, but the band members come from all over Australia. They’ve been around for a while now but recently released their debut album called better life. Deadly sounds caught up with guitarist, Fabian Cox. Deadly Sounds: You have your debut album coming out, and […]
Going mainstream
In an historic day for Australia, National Indigenous Television (NITV) begins broadcasting free to air on channel 34 from 12 December 2012. It is the first time that a dedicated Indigenous television service will be available for all Australians to watch. To celebrate, NITV will be broadcasting live from Uluru on the day with a […]
Jason Wing
With his striking artwork ‘Australia was Stolen by Armed Robbery’, Jason Wing has won the 2012 Parliament of New South Wales Aboriginal Art Prize. The prize, worth $40,000, is one of the richest prizes on offer for an Aboriginal artist in Australia. The work is a bust of Captain Cook wearing a balaclava. Jason said, […]
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