Ablaze.
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FilmPublisher number: DAVID4605 | Umbrella EntertainmentDistributor: [Kew, Vic.] : Umbrella Entertainment, [2022]Copyright date: ©2021Description: 1 DVD-video (84 min.) : sound, colour ; 12 cmContent type: two-dimensional moving image Media type: video Carrier type: videodiscSubject(s): Onus, Bill, 1906–1968 | Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc -- 20th century | Motion pictures -- Production and direction -- Australia -- 20th century | Indigenous peoples -- Civil rights -- Australia | Motion picture producers and directors -- Australia | Aboriginal Australians -- Social life and customs | Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- 20th century | Australia -- Race relations -- 20th centuryGenre/Form: Documentary films. | Biographical films. | Animated films. DDC classification: 305.89915 | 791.430233092 Production credits: Written & directed by Alec Morgan & Tiriki Onus ; producer, Tom Zubrycki.Summary: The true story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William “Bill” Onus, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his people’s culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history. Told by his grandson Tiriki through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality and outsmarted mighty forces seeking to destroy Indigenous cultures, languages, and communities.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| wnor- audio | Northam | 305 .89915 ABL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31111085599833 |
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Umbrella Entertainment: DAVID4605.
"The true story of the first aboriginal filmmaker Bill J. Onus" --Container.
Written & directed by Alec Morgan & Tiriki Onus ; producer, Tom Zubrycki.
Rated: PG.
NTSC ; All regions, 5.1 & 2.0 Dolby Digital, 1.85:1, 16:9 widescreen.
In English. English subtitles.
The true story of the first Aboriginal filmmaker William “Bill” Onus, a truly heroic cultural and political figure who revived his people’s culture in the 1940s and ignited a civil rights movement that would, against enormous odds, change the course of history. Told by his grandson Tiriki through rare archival footage, state-of-the-art animation, vividly created digital motion graphics and eye-witness accounts, Ablaze is the compelling tale of how Bill and supporters brilliantly orchestrated their campaign for equality and outsmarted mighty forces seeking to destroy Indigenous cultures, languages, and communities.
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