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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.
Lisa Michl
Lisa Michl draws on her homelands and her culture for inspiration. Her work is known nationally for its beautifully coloured earth tones and the intricate marks or lines that form delicate yet often bold designs. She describes her art as a way of mapping country, and of sharing the knowledge of significant places and stories […]
Leanne Tobin
Darug woman Leanne Tobin is the winner of this year’s NSW Parliament Aboriginal Art Prize with her moving symbolic work, Defending Country. It is the richest Aboriginal art prize in Australia, with a main prize of $40,000. Leanne’s beautiful work Defending Country depicts a pale-skinned, blue-eyed woman holding a shield against the backdrop of the […]
Michael Cook
Sunshine Coast artist Michael Cook has just won this year’s Deadly Award for Visual Artist of the Year. Michael’s work is noted for its re-interpretation of colonial Australian history from an Indigenous point of view, and while his work has sometimes been controversial it is always beautiful. He is an artist with a unique photographic […]
Alison Riley
South Australian artist Alison Riley’s painting ‘Seven Sisters’ was the people’s choice at the 28th Telstra National Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Art Award (NATSIAA) and it’s an honour that makes her proud and happy. “My family is also very happy for me and that means a lot to me,” Mrs Riley says. Alison comes […]
Curtain Call
One of Bangarra Dance Theatre’s longest serving dancers – Sidney Saltner – announced his retirement at the end of last year. Since joining Bangarra in 1997, Sidney has become one of Australia’s most loved dancers, recognised for his extraordinary artistic ability and passion for Indigenous dance. Following more than 1000 performances over the past 15 […]
Talking Toomelah
Internationally acclaimed film director Ivan Sen is one of our most prolific film-makers. He made the feature film beneath clouds, which won a number of awards, as well as short dramas such as dust, wind, journey, tears and warm strangers. Some of his documentaries include Shifting Shelter 1, 2 and 3. There was also Dreamland, […]
Larger Than Life
Indigenous theatre-maker Wesley Enoch is directing an ambitious new show for the Sydney Festival this month. I Am Eora will celebrate three heroes of Aboriginal Sydney, whose enduring spirits still inspire – Pemulwuy, Barangaroo and Bennelong. The massive production features a huge cast of more than 50 Aboriginal musicians, performers, creative artists and technicians from […]
A Dancing Life
Yolgnu Matha woman, dancer and actor, Kathy Balngayngu Marika is a mentor to many. Her significant contribution to the arts was recognised when she won the 2011 Deadly Award for Dancer of the Year, but the award touches only on the surface of her achievements throughout her lifetime. Kathy works with the Bangarra Dance Theatre […]
At home in the Deadlys Zone
Actor Aaron Pedersen looked very much at home co-hosting the Deadlys this year. In his trademark suit and tie, and with the addition of a hat and beard, he looked relaxed in a role that’s a far cry from his character, Detective Senior Constable Duncan Freeman, on the TV crime drama City Homicide. City Homicide […]
Best of Both Worlds
When you’re onto a good thing, stick to it, or so the saying goes, and after two decades in the performance business, Stephen Page and Bangarra Dance Theatre can certainly attest to being onto a very good thing. During that time, Stephen and a select number of cultural mentors and talented dancers have helped transform […]
OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN LITERATURE
Ali Cobby Eckermann (Ruby Moonlight) Ali Cobby Eckermann is a fresh new voice in Australian poetry. Her collections of poetry include the books Ruby Moonlight, Little Bit Long Time, His Father’s Eyes and Kami. She is a Yankunytjatjara/Kokatha kungka woman from South Australia. Ali started writing and publishing poems at an early age, but it was […]
DANCER OF THE YEAR
TAMARA PEARSON Tamara is a former student of NAISDA and established herself as a hard working dancer and choreographer. She directed, choreographed and performed at her NAISDA graduation show called Thaaraamali, and became the first student in the history of NAISDA to become the director of its end of year show. Tamara plays an active […]
VISUAL ARTIST OF THE YEAR
VERNON AH KEE Screen-printer, drawer, photographer, video and text-based artist, Vernon Ah Kee was born in Innisfail in far north Queensland. He is of the Kuku Yalandji, Yidindji and Gugu Yimithirr peoples of Innisfail. He is largely self-taught and has always been a keen drawer, but it was not until the final year of his […]
BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Natalie Ahmet NITV News (NSW) Natalie Ahmat is an Executive Producer at NITV News. Natalie has 10 years broadcast media experience, as a news presenter, reporter, documentary filmmaker, producer, and radio broadcaster. In 2003, Natalie moved to Alice Springs to work as an on-the-road reporter for Imparja National News. She then joined the media team […]
FEMALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Christine Anu (Outlands) Christine Anu is one of Australia’s most loved Indigenous performers. As well as being a popular recording artist she is also a talented actor and has also been involved in theatre, dance, film, television and children’s entertainment. In the ABC production of Outlands, Christine displayed her versatility by playing an Indigenous, paraplegic, […]
MALE ACTOR OF THE YEAR
Aaron Fa’Aoso (The Straits) Aaron Fa’Aoso played the smouldering, eldest son Noel Montebello in popular SBS series The Straits, which aired in 2012. The Straits was a 10-part crime series based on the fictional Montebello clan, a family of modern-day smugglers. Aaron was raised in far north Queensland and came up with the idea for […]
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