Photo: Mitch (Michelle) Torres (director) and Alan Collins (cinematographer), on location Jandamarra’s War (Electric Pictures and Wawili Pitjas co-production, 2011) ©Andrew Ogilvie, Electric Pictures Pty Ltd.

Sharing Knowledge. Respecting Culture

This website is a platform for sharing knowledge, ideas and resources about Australian Indigenous film and television. It has been built as part of a collaborative research project between an Australian Indigenous scholar and filmmaker – Romaine Moreton – and two non-Indigenous scholars – Therese Davis and Chris Healy. Our aim is to foster new frames of understanding Australian Indigenous film and television and its rich history. Our vision is a collaborative research community founded on Indigenous research principles and priorities. We recognise and promote creative practice as research, and we value diverse knowledge and ideas.

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Our Features

Interactive Map

Search for information about more than 200 films and TV series written and directed by Indigenous screen creatives by location.

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Projects

Find out more about Dr Romaine Moreton’s interrogation of the Australian audiovisual archive in her transmedia project One Billion Beats.

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Policy and protocols

Find copies of government policies on Indigenous film and broadcasting from the 1970s to the present. Learn about the history of Indigenous protocols and guides for filmmakers working in Indigenous communities.

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Resources

Search our extensive database of books, journal articles, reviews, interviews and websites devoted to Australian Indigenous film and television.

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The community still asks about all the members of the film crew to this day. To me, this shows that when things are done in the correct way, an ongoing connection between a community and filmmakers is formed. It shows how those connections become a form of Indigenous resilience for everyone involved. Colonialism has ruptured Indigenous peoples’ lives. I see films such as The Farm as an opportunity for Indigenous people to reconnect: to emphasise connections between ourselves, and our shared connection with the land. This idea of reconnecting with each other and with our land informs everything about The Farm.

Romaine Moreton, Indigenous Writer and Director. Screening the Past, 2011.