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Short Films

The Wiradjuri Fight to the Bitter End by Debbie Gilbert

Friday, February 27, 2009

Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

Unstuck by Rayma Johnson

Friday, February 27, 2009

Unstuck is the story of a young Aboriginal woman who, after more than a year, has yet to come to terms with the death of her husband [also Aboriginal]. The woman has a recurring flash backs to the moments in her life after her husbands passing. One night her husband’s spirit comes to her, hoping to help heal the wounds of separation and move on in her life, just as he needs to move on in with his journey into the afterlife. His spirit guides her subconscious mind, allowing her to reconnect with her own spirit, and as the two spirits reconnect, it becomes clear that the woman will have to choose between remaining stuck in life with her grief, or to become Unstuck.
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

11.11 by Melissa Abrahams

Friday, February 27, 2009

11.11 is a mystical suspense about an aboriginal woman's psychic powers. Melissa is a first time filmmaker who is currently producing and co-directing her first documentary. Her stories are inspired by our past history, people and amazing places. "Aboriginal people have been master story tellers since the dreamtime, the chance to tell our stories on film is just an extension of our oral story telling history. Now we can finally let the truth be known and let our imagination soar".
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

Susan's Birthday Party by Maureen Logan

Friday, February 27, 2009

On her first day at school Susan’s learns you can’t take your identity for granted. Susan is a proud Indigenous 6 year old, whose fair skin and red hair contradict the stereotypical appearance her young classmates expect. From her first day at school she is thrown into the painful dilemma of thinking she has to choose between the acceptances of her disbelieving school friends or defiantly claiming her “Goori” identity. Susan’s mother has a solution, a Birthday Party.
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

Memory by Michelle Blanchard

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Memory is a film about the extraordinary resilience of love, and its power to transcend cultural boundaries. It is also about the finality of death, and the ironic opportunity it can give us in terms of a moment of liberation. How does the death of someone we love affect us and move us to re-examine who we are and where we are going?
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

Mabo by Philip Mclaren

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Violent electrical storms across Australia mystically connect hundreds of Indigenous youths who set off on a graffiti awareness campaign.. Using chalk, they write one word in beautiful copperplate … "Mabo". Their marks are washed away by the next rainfall, but are quickly replaced.
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.

Yearn by Kristie Parker

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Ruby doesn’t respond well to criticism, especially of those she loves. Yearn is about the spoken and often unspoken disapproval experienced by people who are “different", and the solidarity and loyalty forged among those that share that mantle of exclusion. It is also about love, and how it is made stronger through a defiant unity.
Produced through our Lester Bostock Indigenous mentorship scheme.