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Still from John Harvey’s Still We Rise, courtesy of Brown Cabs
Join us for a virtual post-screening discussion with filmmaker John Harvey.
In 1972 a group of Aboriginal activists planted an umbrella in the lawn across from the Australian Parliament in Canberra, proclaiming it the “Aboriginal Tent Embassy.” Acting in response to new legislation announced by then Prime Minister William McMahon that severely curtailed land rights for Indigenous Australians, the establishment of this Aboriginal Tent Embassy would become one of the longest continual protests for Indigenous land rights in the world. Revisiting archival footage from the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Still We Rise reflects deeply on the inciting moment and referencing ongoing activism for Indigenous rights and sovereignty. (John Harvey/Torres Strait Islander, 2022, DCP, 57 minutes)
Presented in conjunction with the exhibition The Stars We Do Not See: Australian Indigenous Art.
About the filmmaker
John Harvey is an acclaimed Torres Strait Islander writer, director, and producer across theatre and film and the creative director of Brown Cabs. He received the 2023 Flickerfest and MIFF awards for best Australian short film for Katele, the 2023 Australian International Documentary Conference award for best documentary/factual single for Still We Rise, and the 2022 Australian Directors Guild award for best direction in a TV series or one-off documentary for Kutcha’s Koorioke, Water, Out of Range, Off Country, all of which he wrote and directed. He also produced Spear (Toronto International Film Festival); Sand (The Turning) (Berlinale, MIFF); and The Warriors for ABC.
Harvey received an ACMI commission to create the multi-channel installation Canopy and a public 40 meter mural based on the work for Melbourne metro. He is a graduate of producing and screen writing from the Australian Film Television and Radio School (AFTRS) and was the recipient of the AFTRS AV Myer Award for Exceptional Indigenous Talent. In 2011 he received a Screen Australia Indigenous Producer Internship. He is also board director of Bangarra Dance Theatre.
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