Film Series

Star-like Cinema: Films by Indigenous Australians

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Star-like Cinema: Films by Indigenous Australians is a celebration of film and video work by and about Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island people, including recently repurposed archival footage to the collaborative work by media art collectives.

Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art.

Image caption: Still from Jazz Money’s Winhanganha, courtesy of NFSA

Sunday, October 19

Saturday, October 25

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