YOU CAN GO NOW
Richard Bell is a self-styled ‘activist masquerading as an artist’. His confrontational art and attitude have stirred the Australian art scene while being lauded internationally, having seen the prestigious walls of the Tate Modern. But Bell has one goal: justice and land recognition for First Nations people in Australia.
THE TRACKER
It’s 1922, and in the Australian desert, colonial justice must be upheld for the murder of a white woman. Suspicions are cast on The Fugitive (Noel Wilton), an Aboriginal man last seen deep in Country. Three white colonialists, The Fanatic (Gary Sweet), The Veteran (Grant Page), and The Follower (Damon Gameau) form a posse to apprehend their suspect, led by a chained Indigenous man, The Tracker (an award-winning performance by David Gulpilil).
NINGLA-A-NA
Ningla-a-na is the only film shot from inside the heart of Australia’s landmark 1972 Aboriginal Tent Embassy protest. Now, digitally restored and remastered for the film’s 50th anniversary, “Australia’s greatest ever protest movie” (The Guardian), spurs a conversation about what has changed in the last half century.
This session will include a panel discussion after the film.
WATANDAR, MY COUNTRYMAN
From acclaimed director Jolyon Hoff (SWIFF Live: Surfing Soundwaves, SWIFF’22, The Staging Post, SWIFF’18), comes a deeply touching journey of self-discovery, identity, and connection through the eyes of Afghan refugee, Muzafar Ali.
Muzafar, a father, husband, and photographer living in Rural Australia discovers the rich history of cameleers in Australia, stretching back 160 years. In a bid to understand his own Afghan-Australian identity, he begins to meet with the traumatised yet resilient community, and photograph their descendants, a mix of Aboriginal, Afghan, and Colonial Australian, learning more about Australia’s complicated history.