“Now our screens show more Indigenous characters – cops, lawyers, parents, kids and superheroes. They resonate because they are created by and with Indigenous Australians. What we see now is a great start that we have to build upon.”
Blackfella Films' 'Black B*tch' (working title), a six-part drama for the ABC, revolving around high stakes ambition, betrayal and treachery in the nation’s capital, started shooting today.
The Australian screen industry is on the "precipice of change" in giving more and long overdue recognition to Indigenous people and People of Colour creatives and stories, according to Penny Smallacombe.
Rarriwuy Hick leads the ensemble cast of Bunya Productions' drama 'True Colours' (formerly 'Copping It Black'), now shooting in the Macdonnell Ranges, Northern Territory, for SBS and NITV.
Playwright-screenwriter Nathan Maynard and author-screenwriter Adam Thompson have come together to form kutikina Productions, with the company to co-produce Digital Originals series Moonbird alongside Rummin Productions.
Screen Australia’s Indigenous department is contributing $745,000 in production funding to four documentary projects including two for NITV and one for the ABC.
Mid-career Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander screen creatives with big ideas for TV series or features are invited to apply to the Bunya Talent Indigenous Hub – Los Angeles.
Newly-appointed Screen Australia head of First Nations Angela Bates is taking an 'if it ain't broke, don't fix it' approach to the role, insisting her focus is on furthering the strides made by her predecessors.