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Catriona McKenzie
Catriona McKenzie is an Australian filmmaker. She is known for her film ''Satellite Boy'' and television series ''Kiki and Kitty'' (written by Nakkiah Lui) and ''Wrong Kind of Black''. Her production company is called Dark Horse. Early life and education McKenzie is an Aboriginal Australian woman of the Gunai/Kurnai people of south-eastern Australia. She is a graduate of the Australian Film, Television and Radio School (AFTRS), with one of her graduate films being the short film ''The Third Note'' (1999). She graduated with Honours in 2001, and afterwards studied screenwriting at the New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Career ''Satellite Boy'' (2012) was McKenzie's first feature film, produced by David Jowsey. The film was selected for screening at the Toronto International Film Festival, and earned a Special Mention at its European premiere in the Generation section of the 2013 Berlin Film Festival. It was nominated for the AACTA Award for Best Film, and in 2014 wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Satellite Boy
''Satellite Boy'' is a 2012 Australian adventure drama film about a young Aboriginal boy struggling to maintain the traditions of his heritage in the modern world when a mining company expands into the region. Written and directed by Catriona McKenzie, the film premiered domestically on 10 December 2012 at the Perth International Arts Festival, two days after being released at the Toronto International Film Festival. Plot Twelve-year-old Pete (Cameron Wallaby) lives at a run-down drive-in theatre with his grandfather Jagamarra (David Gulpilil), whom he calls "Jubi". The grandfather continually imparts wisdom of the old ways to Pete, who wishes to open a restaurant on the property. The boy hopes his absent mother, Lynelle (Rohanna Angus) will return to help with the restaurant, although Jubi doubts her return to the desolate area of Kimberley. A local mining company soon arrives, claims the land, and will soon build a storage facility on the property, razing everything on it. Pe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Directors Guild Of America
The Directors Guild of America (DGA) is an entertainment guild that represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry and abroad. Founded as the Screen Directors Guild in 1936, the group merged with the Radio and Television Directors Guild in 1960 to become the modern Directors Guild of America. Overview As a union that seeks to organize an individual profession, rather than multiple professions across an industry, the DGA is a craft union. It represents directors and members of the directorial team (assistant directors, unit production managers, stage managers, associate directors, production associates, and location managers (in New York and Chicago)); that representation includes all sorts of media, such as film, television, documentaries, news, sports, commercials and new media. The guild has various training programs whereby successful applicants are placed in various productions and can gain experience working in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patricia Cornelius
Patricia Cornelius is an Australian playwright and co-founder of Melbourne Workers Theatre. Plays Cornelius has written more than 20 plays, which include ''Slut'' (2008, Platform Youth Theatre), ''The Call'' (2009, Griffin Theatre Company), ''Good'', ''Do Not Go Gentle…'' (2010, fortyfivedownstairs), ''Boy Overboard'' (2004, Australian Theatre for Young People), ''Love'' (2005, Malthouse Theatre), ''Lilly and May'' and ''Hog's Hairs and Leeches''. Awards Cornelius has won numerous awards, including AWGIEs, Green Room Awards and in 2006, the Patrick White Playwrights' Award. Her 2005 play, ''Love'', won the Wal Cherry Prize for New Plays. Her 2010 play ''Do Not Go Gentle...'' received the NSW Premier's Literary Award for Drama in 2011 and won the 2011 Victorian Premier's Louis Esson Prize for Drama. Cornelius won the 2019 Windham–Campbell Literature Prize in Drama. She also received a lifetime achievement award at the 2019 Green Room Awards. Other works Her first no ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
IF Magazine
''If'' was an American science fiction magazine launched in March 1952 by Quinn Publications, owned by James L. Quinn. The magazine was moderately successful, though for most of its run it was not considered to be in the first tier of American science fiction magazines. It achieved its greatest success under editor Frederik Pohl, winning the Hugo Award for best professional magazine three years running from 1966 to 1968. ''If'' published many award-winning stories over its 22 years, including Robert A. Heinlein's novel ''The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress'' and Harlan Ellison's short story "I Have No Mouth and I Must Scream". The most prominent writer to make his first sale to ''If'' was Larry Niven, whose story "The Coldest Place" appeared in the December 1964 issue. ''If'' was merged into ''Galaxy Science Fiction'' after the December 1974 issue, its 175th issue overall. Publication history Although science fiction had been published in the United States before the 1920s, it di ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shadowhunters
''Shadowhunters'', also known as ''Shadowhunters: The Mortal Instruments'', is an American supernatural drama television series developed by Ed Decter, based on the book series ''The Mortal Instruments'' written by Cassandra Clare. It premiered in North America on Freeform on January 12, 2016. Primarily filmed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the series follows Clary Fray (Katherine McNamara), who finds out on her eighteenth birthday that she is not who she thinks she is, but rather comes from a long line of Shadowhunters, human-angel hybrids who hunt down demons, and has to deal with the struggle of forbidden love. It is the second adaptation of the novel series, after the 2013 film '' The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones'', which, like the series, was produced by Constantin Film, and serves as a reboot. The debut season of ''Shadowhunters'' received mixed responses from critics. The pilot episode attracted the largest audience for Freeform in more than two years. The show receiv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Indigenous Australian
Indigenous Australians or Australian First Nations are people with familial heritage from, and membership in, the ethnic groups that lived in Australia before British colonisation. They consist of two distinct groups: the Aboriginal peoples of the Australian mainland and Tasmania, and the Torres Strait Islander peoples from the seas between Queensland and Papua New Guinea. The term Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples or the person's specific cultural group, is often preferred, though the terms First Nations of Australia, First Peoples of Australia and First Australians are also increasingly common; 812,728 people self-identified as being of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander origin in the 2021 Australian Census, representing 3.2% of the total population of Australia. Of these indigenous Australians, 91.4% identified as Aboriginal; 4.2% identified as Torres Strait Islander; while 4.4% identified with both groups. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Gods Of Wheat Street
''The Gods of Wheat Street'' is an Australian television drama series that screened on ABC TV from 12 April 2014. The six-part series tells the stories of the Freeburn clan, an Australian Aboriginal family. Synopsis Odin Freeburn, head of the family, is being pulled in all directions as he tries to keep his family together. Odin has one brother in jail, another brother is in love with the daughter of the family enemy and his wife has run away to the city leaving him to raise their two daughters. To complicate matters, his employer has just died, his sister-in-law is in love with him and the spirit of his mother Eden has come back on a mission to protect the important destiny of the Freeburn family line. Cast Production The series is written by Jon Bell, who is also a producer with Lois Randall. Executive producers are Fiona Eagger and Deb Cox from Every Cloud Productions along with Sally Riley, ABC TV's head of Indigenous Unit. It is directed by Catriona McKenzie, Wayne Blai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Redfern Now
''Redfern Now'' is an Australian drama television series, that first aired on ABC1 in 2012. The program follows the lives of 6 Aboriginal Australian families living in the urban hub of Redfern, Sydney. The series provides insight into contemporary issues facing Aboriginal Australians, including lack of employment and mental illness, which are positioned as direct ramifications of colonialisation and the Stolen Generations. Produced by Blackfella Films as part of the ABC's Indigenous Department, the show is the first series to be 'commissioned, written, acted and produced by Indigenous Australians'.Nelson, Susanna. "Block Power: Redfern Now," Metro Magazine: Media & Education Magazine 175 (2013): 46, doi: https://search-informit-com.au.ezproxy1.library.usyd.edu.au/documentSummary;res=IELAPA;dn=500651860751452 The series' release contributes to widespread public debate surrounding Indigenous representation in the Australian media. The first season received five AACTA award nomi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Circuit (TV Series)
''The Circuit'' is an Australian television drama series, starring Aaron Pedersen and Gary Sweet. The first season aired in 2007 and the second in December 2009 to January 2010. Plot The series centres on Aboriginal solicitor Drew Ellis, who joins the district to work at the Kimberley Circuit Court. Cast * Aaron Pedersen as Drew Ellis * Gary Sweet as Magistrate Peter Lockhart * Kelton Pell as Sam Wallan * Tammy Clarkson as Bella Noble * Marta Kaczmarek as Ellie Zdybicka * Nick Simpson-Deeks as Archie McMahon * Leroy Parsons as Clarence Long * Bill McCluskey as Sergeant Bob Temple * Costa Ronin as Karl Release The six-part first season screened on SBS TV, premiering on 8 July 2007 at , and concluding on 12 August 2007. Season 2 aired from 1 December 2009 through 5 January 2010, ending the series. Production Filmed mainly in Broome, Western Australia and surrounding areas, the show had a budget of more than $4 million, and 1,000 local Aboriginal extras were employed for the p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dance Academy
''Dance Academy'' is an Australian teen-oriented Dramatic programming, television drama produced by Werner Film Productions in association with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation and ZDF. Series one premiered on 31 May 2010, and series two began airing on 12 March 2012. Series three premiered on ABC3 on 8 July 2013 in Australia. The television drama lasted 3 seasons with 65 episodes. A film sequel to the television series, ''Dance Academy: The Movie'', was released by StudioCanal in Australian cinemas on 6 April 2017. Plot ''Dance Academy'' is narrated mainly from the perspective of Tara Webster (Xenia Goodwin), a newly accepted first year student at the National Academy of Dance in Sydney, which also doubles as a Year 10–12 high school for the dancers. Throughout the series, she learns to better her ballet technique, as well as learn contemporary ballet and hip-hop dance, while creating lifelong friendships and experiencing many hardships. In the first series, Tara soo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Warriors (TV Series)
''The Warriors'' is an eight-part Australian television comedy-drama series that premiered on ABC on 12 April 2017, created by Tony Briggs and Robert Connolly. Plot The series explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of recruits and established players living in a share house. Cast Main * Gordan Churchill as Maki Birrawuy, the number one draft pick * Reece Milne as Doc Shepherd, the team-captain * Nelson Baker as Zane Phillips * Ben Knight as Scottie Watson * John Howard as Bill Shepherd, club president and Doc's father * Vince Colosimo as Coach Mark "Spinner" Spinotti * Lisa McCune as Deb Van Exel, communications manager Recurring * Kaden Hartcher as Meat * Jeff Gobbels as Anchor * Dan Haberfield as Boydy Guest * Peter Bedford as himself * Nicky Winmar as himself * Kate Lister as Jessica Production The eight-part series is created by Tony Briggs and Robert Connolly. It explores the elite world of professional sport through the eyes of recruits ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harrow (TV Series)
''Harrow'' is an Australian television drama series, which ran for three series of ten episodes each. The first series premiered on ABC on 9 March 2018. The second began on 12 May 2019, while the third started on 7 February 2021. The series was created by Stephen M. Irwin and Leigh McGrath, who are also its scriptwriters, and stars Ioan Gruffudd. Gruffudd made his directorial debut during the third series in February 2021. The series revolves around the titular Daniel Harrow (Gruffudd), a Queensland-based forensic pathologist. Each episode finds Daniel solving a specific case with the assistance of Brisbane police officer, Soroya Dass (Mirrah Foulkes) and fellow pathologists Grace Molyneux (Jolene Anderson) and Simon Van Reyk (Remy Hii). Alongside these cases are more long-term concerns revolving around Daniel's private life and family. Premise ''Harrow'' details the life and work of Dr. Daniel Harrow, a Queensland-based forensic pathologist, who often disregards au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
