Screen Australia crows about 25 years of Indigenous support
It's rare to celebrate a policy or a department, but in the case of Screen Australia's Indigenous Department, everyone wants to clap for this good news story. It shows what happens when good policy meets extraordinary talent.
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Image: L-R: Rachel Perkins, Warwick Thornton, Dylan River, Leah Purcell and Ivan Sen at Carriageworks in Redfern for the 25 year celebrations. Photo credit Daniel Boud. Source: supplied.
Screen Australia is glowing today as it celebrates the 25-year anniversary of the Indigenous department which was set up in 1993 to provide training, resources and financial support to empower Indigenous people to tell their own stories, both in front of and behind the camera.
Rochelle Siemienowicz is Screen Content Lead at Screenhub. She is a writer, film critic and cultural commentator with a PhD in Australian cinema and was the co-host of Australia's longest-running film podcast 'Hell is for Hyphenates'. Rochelle has written a memoir, Fallen, published by Affirm Press. Her second book, Double Happiness, a novel, is out with Midnight Sun on October 1, 2024. Instagram: @Rochelle_Rochelle Twitter: @Milan2Pinsk
