Media arts

Indigenous Australians

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Robbie Hood is only 13, but already he's famous in Alice Springs. Famous for being a precocious little misfit with a heart of gold who does the right thing, even when it's a little bit wrong.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Sweet Country is set in 1929 in the outback of the Northern Territory. It is the story of a young boy called Philomac, who witnesses Sam, an Aboriginal stockman kill station owner Harry Marsh in self defense. Sam and his pregnant wife Lizzie go on the run and a posse pursues them across the outback.

Visual arts

Indigenous Australians

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

An exploration of how Queensland Indigenous painter and outspoken indigenous rights spruiker Gordon Hookey fits into Australia's art world.

Indigenous Australians

9-10

11-12

12+

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following media resource may contain images and voices of people who have died.** After taking up AFL when his family moved to Victoria, Adam is eventually spotted as a rising star and drafted to the Sydney Swans. Despite being welcomed by his relative Michael O’Loughlin, it is, at first, a challenging time for Adam. When Paul Roos comes on board, Goodes flourishes at the club.

Indigenous Australians

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Film clip to Archie Roach's 1990 hit single They Took The Children Away

Indigenous Australians

5-6

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

This video has closed captioning

Film clip of Archie Roach's 1990 single Took The Children Away tells the story of the children of the stolen generation.

Indigenous Australians

7-8

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following media resource may contain images and voices of people who have died.** Adam Goodes and Stan Grant share their experiences of racism as children and growing up with dark skin.

Indigenous Australians

9-10

11-12

12+

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

After enduring vile, racist abuse from crowds, AFL player Nicky Winmar raises his jumper and points out his black skin to show his pride in his Aboriginality. The incident is politicised and takes a toll on Winmar especially after further, racist incidents occur on the Footy Show with Sam Newman.

Indigenous Australians

7-8

9-10

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

**Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that the following media resource may contain images and voices of people who have died.** This clip from The Australian Dream looks at the different ways Australians celebrate, reflect or mourn on January 26th. Adam Goodes spends time with the wider community at Yabun festival.

Media arts

Personal and social capability

Indigenous Australians

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

On the hottest day of the year on a street in the Bedford-Stuyvesant section of Brooklyn, everyone's hate and bigotry smolders and builds until it explodes into violence.

Music

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

9-10

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

This program digs into the vault to cue up classic Australian and New Zealand music videos this Anzac Day.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Daniel is a small 10-year-old boy who dreams of being a gangster. He is kicked out of school and befriends a local gang leader, until a rival arrives back from jail to reclaim his turf.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Based on the novel The Day of The Dog by Archie Weller, this film tells of an Aboriginal man caught between his allegiance to his people and his aspirations to escape the cycle of self-destructive behaviour.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Personal and social capability

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

City based Eddie sets off to reconnect with his blackfella roots by taking a sacred stone to his hometown.

Media arts

Personal and social capability

Music

Indigenous Australians

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

This video has closed captioning

A celebration of an era of music, working for the cause and getting things done. But not in the expected way. DJ Kenny's job at an Aboriginal community radio station is about more than playing music. Short film.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Ethical understanding

Geography

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

The first feature by Phillip Noyce. A tale of two outsiders on the run. One white, one black. Heading for nowhere fast. Shot on location in north-western NSW and features Bill Hunter in his earliest lead role, and Gary Foley, Koori political activist. An Australian cult film.

Media arts

Indigenous Australians

Personal and social capability

English

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Adapted from Phillip Gwynne's novel, 'Deadly, Unna?, this Australian film tells the story of an adolescent boy struggling with family conflicts and inter-racial turmoil in the lonely fishing village where he lives. Students can watch the movie and compare with the novel, allowing them to identify, explain and challenge cultural values, including representations of gender, ethnicity, youth, age and social class.

Indigenous Australians

English

Literature

11-12

Classification: Mature Accompanied (15+)

Richard Flanagan journeys with presenter Alan Yentob through his native Tasmania, visiting the places that have inspired his novels, and on to Thailand, to see first-hand the site of the Death Railway.