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October 28, 2021 Carl Kuddell

Change Media highlights from 20 years of community arts and cultural development practice across Australia since 2002: Collaborative art vs everyday supremacy thinking… Enjoy!

Thanks to all our supporters and participants - what a ride...

Intro and theme music courtesy of Nexus Arts - artist: Tagore (feat. The Three Seas), by voiceROM, from the album Nexus Album: https://voicerom.bandcamp.com/album/nexus-album

For all other credits for music and artists involved, please visit the individual project pages.

©2021 Change Media. All rights reserved. Not for public use.

In art, festival, broadcast, thoughts, training, 2021-2023 Tags Change Media, 2021

Dusty Feet Mob - This Story's True

August 31, 2019 Carl Kuddell

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and videos links contains images and voices of people who have died.

From the sand hills of Port Augusta to the bustling streets of Adelaide, Dusty Feet Mob’s young Aboriginal performers dance their way into the hearts and minds of their enraptured audiences, using the power of song and dance to tell stories of the Stolen Generation and help heal the pain of the past. As they prepare to perform their signature song, Archie Roach’s iconic ‘Took the Children Away,’ the dancers and their dedicated supporters offer creative, intergenerational and deeply emotional insights into the story of the Stolen Generation, determined to carry on Uncle Archie’s legacy – the past will not be forgotten.

Dusty Feet Mob – This Story’s True was created by Aboriginal community members in Port Augusta, in collaboration with award-winning production company Change Media, through an initiative of the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), Country Arts SA and the City of Port Augusta.

For Archie Roach, it’s the children carrying on the legacy of healing that makes him especially proud and grateful. Archie said: “In our First People’s culture we have story, song and dance. The story of the Stolen Generations is the story we hear and take in with our minds and the song enters our spirit. But dance helps us to move and weave that story and song through our body.  Dusty Feet Mob help us heal holistically; through our mind -  the story; through our spirit - the song and through our body – the dance.”

Dusty Feet Mob – This Story’s True is one of two documentaries, alongside The Mulka Man, created through the Port Augusta Emerging Film Development Program, a series of development and production workshops for emerging Aboriginal screen creatives held from July to October in 2019, funded and presented by the SAFC through its Aboriginal Screen Strategy, along with Country Arts SA with support from the City of Port Augusta, delivered by Change Media with additional support from the Australia Council for the Arts.

We are presenting the finished documentary to broadcasters and festivals in 2020. Find the full Media Release here.

The film has won Best Documentary at the 2020 SASA Awards. Congratulations to all involved!

The film also won Best Documentary at the 2020 International My Hero Film Festival in Los Angeles. Congratulations all around!

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Dusty Feet Mob are more than just an Aboriginal dance group. They are a community that nurtures strength, confidence and dignity. They are a community that builds connection to culture, community and country. They know that storytelling through dance and song is their culture, it’s a powerful way of entering into past hurts and injustices experienced by Aboriginal families in a way that allows both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people to grow in acceptance, understanding and empathy together. 

An essential make-up of the group is the strong support provided by parents, grandparents and the Port Augusta Community, who take seriously the role of passing knowledge and stories down to the younger generations. Dusty Feet Mob is a powerful expression of the old and the new: Young people are not just "the leaders of tomorrow", they are leaders of today. Dusty Feet Mob provides opportunities for young people to learn about themselves and develop leadership skills for life. 

SAFC Associate Executive, Production and Development Nara Wilson, who facilitated the program, said: “Through the SAFC’s regular workshops and initiatives over the last few years, Port Augusta has become a real hub of activity in SA for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander filmmakers, with practitioners coming from all over the state to learn new skills and develop their craft. We are proud to highlight Indigenous voices, and facilitate Indigenous storytelling through these programs.”

SAFC CEO Kate Croser said: “These documentaries not only show what incredible emerging screen talent there is in South Australia’s Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, but they highlight the importance of the SAFC’s Aboriginal Screen Strategy in developing and supporting Indigenous screen practitioners, and bringing their stories and voices to the fore. I congratulate the filmmakers on their success.”

Samantha Yates, Country Arts SA’s Cultural Programming Manager, Aboriginal and Reconciliation Programs said: “Opportunities for professional Aboriginal film development in regional areas are essential. Having a platform to share and broaden awareness gives  voice to many untold stories. Dusty Feet Mob – This Story’s True is an incredible example of how a short film can educate the general public and create deeper compassion for the stolen generations.”

Change Media acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in Australia on which this program was filmed.

Credits:

Production Company: Tallstoreez Productionz Pty Ltd t/as Change Media

Writers: Paul Tanner, Piri Eddy, Johanis Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell, Steven Fatt-Lang, Marika Davies, Lyall Campbell-Ware, Bonita Leahy, Bessy-May Taylor-Haseldine, Denise Champion, Donny McKenzie, Roxanne Lawrie

Directors: Johanis Lyons-Reid and Paul Tanner

Producers/ mentor: Carl Kuddell and Jen Lyons-Reid

Associate Producer: Paul Tanner

Director of Photography/ mentor: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Camera Operators: Steven Fatt-Lang, Marika Davies, Lyall Campbell-Ware, Paul Tanner

Sound Recordist/ mentor: Piri Eddy

Sound operators: Steven Fatt-Lang, Marika Davies, Lyall Campbell-Ware

Editor: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Composer and Sound Mix: Justin Pounsett

Original song: Archie Roach ‘Took The Children Away’

BTS Stills Photographer: Carl Kuddell

Archival Stills: Paul Tanner

Dusty Feet Mob interviews:

Wanita Calyun – Artistic Director/ Choreographer, Dusty Feet Mob

Paul Tanner – Manager, Dusty Feet Mob

Maria Anderson  – Chairperson Dusty Feet Mob, Wanita’s mother

Justin Mogridge – Wanita’s father

Archie Roach – Singer, ‘Took The Children Away’

Sarcha Taylor - Dusty Feet Mob member

Tyeisha Taylor  - Dusty Feet Mob member

Micah Buckskin  - Dusty Feet Mob member

Marika Garlett  - Dusty Feet Mob member

Josh Saunders  - Dusty Feet Mob member

 

Dusty Feet Mob dancers:

Wanita Calyun, Tyrone Taylor, Sarcha Taylor, Tyeisha Taylor, Josh Saunders, Shalana Cox, Jakeem Cox , Tyree Cox, Tia Buckskin, Laila Buckskin, Micah Buckskin, Mareeka Garlett, Twyla Stuart, Rikki-Lee Bodger

 

Thanks to:

Archie Roach and Jill Shelton

Dusty Feet Mob crew and supporters

Mii Pudanthi festival - Angelena Harradine

Mushroom Music – Lisa Businovski

Warner Music Australia – Rose Sejean

Port Augusta Car Club - Mark Taylor

City of Port Augusta – Maria Anderson

Country Arts SA – Sam Yates and Josh Barbo

South Australian Film Corporation – Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin and Nara Wilson

 

DEVELOPED AND FINANCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION

and

Country Arts SA

The City of Port Augusta

Australia Council for the Arts

©2019 Change Media, Dusty Feet Mob and the City of Port Augusta

In 2018-2020, broadcast, festival Tags Indigenous, 2019, broadcast

The Mulka Man

August 15, 2019 Carl Kuddell

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and videos links contains images and voices of people who have died.

Adnyamathanha Elder Roy Coulthard is The Mulka Man, the last wood carver of the Flinders Ranges. With time against him, Uncle Roy is determined to see his tradition live on. From the rich ochre sands outside Port Augusta in search of the perfect Mulka tree to a firelit camp back-dropped by the stunning Flinders Ranges, Uncle Roy passes his expert carving knowledge to the next generation. But to do so, he must bravely cross traditional conventions and gender lines, teaching women the art of Mulka wood carving in order to keep Adnyamathanha culture alive.

Change Media partnered with the City of Port Augusta to deliver a series of media literacy workshops with First Peoples participants from a wide range of communities in and around Port Augusta.

The first production resulting from the workshops is ‘The Mulka Man’, a short documentary following Adnyamathanha Elder Roy Coulthard, the last wood carver of the Flinders Ranger, as he passes on his skills to a new generation of Mulka carvers, crossing traditional conventions and gender lines in the process.

We worked with Wangkangurru woman Marika Davies as the co-director/ co-producer and mentored participants across all stages of production.

Festival updates: The Mulka Man has been invited to screen at The Heart of Gold International Short Film Festival in Queensland, Oct 2021. In 2021 The Mulka Man was selected to screen at Koori Mail’s/ First Nations Media’s Blak Cinema Festival in Lismore, NSW. And in 2020 the Nunga Screen film festival toured the film throughout regional locations in South Australia.

The project has been funded by the Port Augusta City through the Regional Arts Fund and Country Arts SA and the South Australian Film Corporation grants for an Aboriginal screen initiative, with additional support from the Australia Council for the Arts through Change Media’s What Privilege initiative 2019.

Change Media acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land in Australia on which this program was filmed.

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Credits:

Writers: Marika Davies, Piri Eddy, Johanis Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell, Steven Fatt-Lang, Paul Tanner, Lyall Campbell-Ware, Bonita Leahy, Bessy-May Taylor-Haseldine, Denise Champion, Donny McKenzie, Roxanne Lawrie

Directors: Johanis Lyons-Reid and Marika Davies

Producers / mentor: Carl Kuddell and Jen Lyons-Reid

Associate Producer: Marika Davies

Director of Photography / mentor: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Camera Operators: Steven Fatt-Lang, Marika Davies, Paul Tanner

Sound Recordist / mentor: Piri Eddy

Sound operators: Steven Fatt-Lang, Marika Davies

Editor: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Composer and Sound Mix: Justin Pounsett

BTS Stills Photographer: Carl Kuddell

 

Mulka Arts interviews:

Uncle Roy Coulthard – Adnyamathanha Elder

Marika Davies – Wangkangurru woman

Mulka Arts participants:

Roy Coulthard, Marika Davies, Matthew Davies, John Davies, Phillip Naylor

Colleen Naylor, Anisha Davies, Flynn Spencer, Lahni Von Senden, Kellie Von Senden, Tweedy Martinot, Maya Fettke, Jakai Page, Georgia Keenan, Shayleigh Cooper, Casey Green

  

Thanks to:

Mulka Arts crew and their supporters

Stirling North Primary School

City of Port Augusta – Maria Anderson

Country Arts SA – Sam Yates and Josh Barbo

South Australian Film Corporation – Lee-Ann Tjunypa Buckskin and Nara Wilson

DEVELOPED AND FINANCED WITH THE ASSISTANCE OF:

THE SOUTH AUSTRALIAN FILM CORPORATION

Country Arts SA

The City of Port Augusta

Australia Council for the Arts

©2019 Change Media, Mulka Arts and the City of Port Augusta

In 2018-2020, festival, broadcast Tags Indigenous, 2019

Deadly Family Portraits - ABC

July 1, 2019 Carl Kuddell
Sansbury Sisters. Photo by Piri Eddy. ©2019 Kungka Creative

Sansbury Sisters. Photo by Piri Eddy. ©2019 Kungka Creative

South Australia, 2018-2019

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are warned that the following program may contain images and voices of deceased persons.

Change Media supported three emerging Aboriginal producer and director teams to create a three part mini series for ABC iView. Carl Kuddell worked with the teams as a consultant producer across the series, and Change Media offered its services as a post production house.

Electric Mimili. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Sequioa Productions

Electric Mimili. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Sequioa Productions

Deadly Family Portraits, a new production initiative to celebrate and showcase the depth of artistic talent among Aboriginal families and emerging Aboriginal filmmakers was launched today by the South Australian Film Corporation (SAFC), ABC Arts iView and Arts South Australia.

The Deadly Family Portraits series presents the compelling stories of three outstanding Aboriginal families, the Sansburys, the Crombies and the Fieldings, where artistic talent continues across the generations. Each episode have been produced by an Aboriginal filmmaking team to create an intriguing conversation between artist and filmmaker; as they reflect upon identity, culture, life, art, country and family. Each film premiered on ABC iView Arts in 2019.

Crombie Crew. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Gina Rings

Crombie Crew. Screenshot from the documentary. ©2019 Gina Rings

Credits

Directors - Pearl Berry, Isaac Wilson, Edoardo Crismani

Producers - Lilla Berry, Sierra Schrader, Gina Rings

Consultant Series Producer - Carl Kuddell

Editors - Emma McGavisk and Johanis Lyons-Reid

Colorist - David Tang

DOPs - Johanis Lyons-Reid, Allan Collins, David Roberts

Sound mix - Carlos Manrique Clavijo

SAFC - Nara Wilson and Amanda Duthie

ABC Executive Producers - Lin Jie Kong and Sally Chesher

Partners:

Deadly Family Portraits is an initiative of South Australian Film Corporation, Arts South Australia and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

Supported by TARNANTHI Art Gallery of South Australia, Mimili Maku Arts, Tandanya Arts Centre, Electric Fields



In broadcast, 2018-2020 Tags Indigenous, iView, 2019

The Loop - SBS

June 6, 2019 Carl Kuddell

The Loop - 20min hybrid docu-soap opera about disability and representation, for SBS

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In broadcast, 2018-2020 Tags disability, SBS OnDemand, soap opera, hybrid, satire, experimental, What Privilege, 2019

Ngarrindjeri Shorts 2 - ABC

June 4, 2017 Carl Kuddell

Ngarrindjeri Speaking For SeaCountry on ABC iView

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In broadcast, 2014-2018 Tags Ngarrindjeri, Aboriginal, iView, Indigenous, Damien Shen, Cedric Varcoe, Betty Sumner, Lyn Lovegrove Niemz, ABC iView, 2017

Ngarrindjeri Shorts 1 - ABC

January 27, 2016 Carl Kuddell

Everything is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Shorts 1 - ABC iView - 2016 January - SA

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and videos links contains images and voices of people who have died.

For Ngarrindjeri, everything is connected. Join their elders Ellen Trevorrow and Major Sumner on country as they share stories of art, culture and survival. We collaborated with Ngarrindjeri to create a beautiful web series for the inaugural Ngarrindjeri Culture Hub, linking Ngarrindjeri art, culture and country.

The Ngarrindjeri weaving, dancing and wood-carving videos showcase Ngarrindjeri culture and invite people to visit and participate in cultural activities at Camp Coorong. They were created during a series of multi-arts and capacity-building workshops with Ngarrindjeri communities in 2016.

The 4x 7min series is available on ABC’s iView arts channel under the title ‘Ngarrindjeri Shorts’. Click on the images below to watch all four episodes.

We Are Ngarrindjeri - Everything Is Connected
Ngarrindjeri Weaving - Everything Is Connected
Ngarrindjeri Carving - Everything Is Connected
Ngarrindjeri Dance - Everything Is Connected


FInd 30sec trailers for Everything is Connected here:

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Dance - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Weaving - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Everything Is Connected - Ngarrindjeri Carving - 30 sec Trailer - PLAY FILM

Click here for Ngarrindjeri Shorts season 2 - Ngarrindjeri Speaking for SeaCountry.

 

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News flash - Thursday May 19th, 2016:

Everything Is Connected has been nominated for the Official Selection of the International Melbourne WebFest 2016! We are also nominated for Best Non-Fiction [Australia] and Best Cinematography [International]!!!

The series also was nominated for the 2016 SA Screen Awards and will screen on ABC iView in July 2016. And we can now announce that we have received funding from the Australia Council for the Arts for a Ngarrindjeri Culture Hub, which will include another web series featuring Ngarrindjeri artists and cultural stories.

Big congrats to our team both at Ngarrindjeri and Change Media - and a huge thanks to everyone involved and our partners and friends for all your support!

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Together with our community partners, the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority and the Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association, we delivered a series of multi-arts community engagement and capacity-building workshops in 2015-2016, to transmit Ngarrindjeri culture to young leaders and simultaneously created three new digital media works: Ngarrindjeri Carving with Elder Major Sumner and community members, Ngarrindjeri Dancing with Tal Kin Jeri dance group, and Ngarrindjeri Weaving with Elder Auntie Ellen Trevorrow and community members.

The inter-generational cultural exchange during the workshops, masterclasses and co-creative productions supported core elements of Ngarrindjeri cultural and arts activities.

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The artworks, artifacts and a series of engaging cinema quality multimedia artworks are now being used by Ngarrindjeri to communicate culture and connection to country to the wider community.

Production credits

Producers: Carl Kuddell

Series Director: Jennifer Lyons-Reid  

Director: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Developed by: Clyde Rigney Jnr, Luke Trevorrow and Laurie Rankine Jnr, Jennifer Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell and Johanis Lyons-Reid, in consultation with the Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority and Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association

Production management: Luke Trevorrow, Laurie Rankine Jnr

Director of Photography: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Assistant Camera: Laurie Rankine Jnr, Owen Love

Editor & Post-Production: Johanis Lyons-Reid

Sound recording: Carl Kuddell, Laurie Rankine Jnr 

Participants and contributors include

Auntie Ellen Trevorrow

Uncle Major Moogy Sumner

Ngarrindjeri community members

Alice Abdulla

Edith Carter

Latoya Love

Harmony Love

Bessie Rigney

Cheyenne Carter

Thomas Trevorrow

Tal Kin Jeri dancers

Loretta Sumner

Krissa Sumner

Major Sumner

Stacia Sumner

Lianna Sumner

Tyrone Lindsay

Jordon Karpany

Damien Wanganeen

Ryan Knowles

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority team

Clyde Rigney Jnr

Luke Trevorrow

Laurie Rankine Jnr

Owen Love

Supported by:

Australia Council for the Arts

Arts SA

Change Media

Ngarrindjeri Land and Progress Association

Ngarrindjeri Regional Authority

Natural Resources Management Board SA Murray Darling Basin

The Rural City of Murray Bridge

Alexandrina Council




This project has been assisted by the Australian Government through the Australia Council for the Arts, its arts funding and advisory body, and the South Australian Government through Arts SA.

In broadcast, 2014-2018 Tags Ngarrindjeri, Aboriginal, Indigenous, iView, Major Moogy Sumner, Tal Kin Jeri, Melbourne International Web Film Festival, 2016

Bidgee Binge TVC series - WIN TV

October 28, 2013 Carl Kuddell

3-part series of underage binge-drinking awareness campaign videos for WIN TV, produced in Leeton, NSW

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In broadcast, 2012-2014 Tags Youth, Alcohol, Regional, binge drinking, 2013

Bidgee Binge Drinking TVC - WIN TV

September 28, 2012 Carl Kuddell

Don’t be That Guy - our fabulous alcohol-awareness ad made for WIN TV as part of Leeton Shire’s Bidgee-binge campaign, featuring That Guy…

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In training, broadcast, 2012-2014 Tags Youth, 2012, Alcohol, binge drinking

Nukkan Kungun Yunnan - NITV

January 28, 2009 Carl Kuddell

‘Nukkan Kungun Yunnan - Listen to Ngarrindjeri Speaking’, the awardwinning documentary on how the drought affects Ngarrindjeri culture and their communities.

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In broadcast, training, 2008-2010 Tags 2009, Indigenous, Ngarrindjeri, Nukkan Kungun Yunnan, NITV, environment, Coorong

Is Your House Killing You? - SBS

November 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

SBS TV series 2007 November - Australia

A high-rating prime-time 7×26min factual entertainment science series for SBS in 2007, as a co-production with Essential Viewing, sold to UKTV, Sundance Channel USA and TVNZ.

Is Your House Killing You? is a groundbreaking, on the pulse, scientific makeover series. Ordinary families are invited to take up the challenge to ‘detox’ their homes. From inner city apartments to country fibros, our expert team swarms, probes and strips back a diverse range of homes in a CSI-style investigation. Some homes sparkle innocently and others are environmental monsters, but they all harbour a parallel microscopic world of hidden dangers.

Is Your House Killing You? Episode 1
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 2
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 3
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 4
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 5
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 6
Is Your House Killing You? Episode 7
Is Your House Killing You? trailer

In 2007 IYHKY was one of SBS’s highest rating shows in its time slot, sold to Sundance Channel USA, UKTV, TVNZ and in several other territories globally.

Director Jennifer Lyons-Reid and producer Carl Kuddell from Tallstoreez Productionz created the concept and formed a co-production with Essential Viewing in Sydney, to produce the first-ever South Australian factual format series series with the financial support from the SAFC.

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Key creatives for Is Your House Killing You:

Executive Producer: Chris Hilton
Producer: Carl Kuddell
Series Producer: Sonja Armstrong
Series Director: Roger Power
Episode director and science producer: Jen Lyons-Reid
Series concept: Jen Lyons-Reid, Carl Kuddell, Chris Hilton

© 2007 Tallstoreez Productionz Pty Ltd, Essential Viewing and SA Film Corporation

In 2006-2008, broadcast Tags 2007, SBS, Is Your House Killing You?

Pinnaroo Surfer series - ABC

June 28, 2007 Carl Kuddell

2007 June - Pinnaroo SA

The Pinnaroo Surfer, 10x 3min mini-series for ABC JTV.

‘I don’t reckon you can see Pinnaroo in one day, unless you’re driving through.’ Over 10 episodes, Kade shares his wisdom about Pinnaroo bush life, local Mallee landmarks and stuff.

Kade Richardson and Sam Long were finalists at the 2007 Document Your World competition, hosted by the Australian International Documentary Conference. They were 1 of 5 Australian youth teams who pitched their film ideas in front of a large audience, to a panel of broadcasters. ABC were on the panel and commissioned this mini-series for ABC’s JTV. Over the following 6 months the Hero Project team conducted a series of master classes with the ‘Oo in Pinnaroo’ team to produce 10 kooky episodes about life in Pinnaroo. The series was broadcast in early 2009 on ABC2.

Both Kade and Sam were selected for Flinders University Screen Studies. Kade has supported others in Pinnaroo to get their stories out, shared his laconic humour on ABC radio in Broken Hill and is working on several film ideas. Sam is now producing videos for a range of community organizations in Murray Bridge. Channel 9 commissioned his services as a local stringer at the age of 16!

Football Legend
Heavyweight Champion
High Noon
In Competition
My Watering Hole
Painting a Masterpiece
The Fish Whisperer
Thinking Man
Camping's the best

Partners

ABC TV Triple J

Apple

Arts SA Health Promotion through the Arts

Australian Childrens Television Foundation

Australian International Documentary Conference

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Mallee Health Service Inc

In 2006-2008, broadcast Tags youth, ABC TV, Triple J, Pinnaroo Surfer, Kade Richardson

Directing the Hero Within

July 28, 2006 Carl Kuddell

ATOM 2006 winner - Youth Media Training Resource 2006 July - Adelaide SA

Directing the Hero Within is a peer-training step by step film making resource for young people, available as interactive DVD and CDrom. The project was produced with hundreds of young people across South Australia in 2005-2006 during a series of youth video workshops, with support from the SA Film Corporation, Arts SA, Office for Youth and Country Arts SA.

The DVD features hands-on training videos, plus additional youth films, each paired with a specific behind-the-scenes mini-documentary. The CDrom has a 50-page teachers manual with lesson plans, student exercises and useful templates.

The resulting DVD kit won the national Australian Teachers of Media Awards in 2006 and was shortlisted as a finalist at the prestigious Australian Interactive Media Industry Awards 2007.

Whats Your Story?
Convert Your Story to Film
Camera Basics
Camera Handling
Cool Camera Moves
Microphone Basics
Sound Basics
Screen Language
Screen Language Exercise
Editing Basics
Basic Effects

Click here to buy your copy of the award winning training resource DVD.

Partners

Arts SA Healthy Initiatives

Australian Festival for Young People

Coober Pedy Area School

Country Arts SA Regional Arts Fund

Mallee Health Service Inc

Mt. Gambier City Council

Murray Mallee Community Education Network Inc

Murrayville Area School

Office for Youth

Port Augusta Youth Service

SA Film Corporation

SA Youth Arts Board

Warriappendi Aboriginal School

In 2006-2008, broadcast, training Tags 2006, youth

First Fleet Back - NITV

December 1, 2005 Carl Kuddell

3min trailer and 22min documentary - 2005 July - SA

Advice: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander viewers are advised that this website and video links may contain images and voices of people who have died.

First Fleet Back - Uncle Kevin vs the Queen is a multi-award winning half hour satirical documentary on racism and reconciliation, made 2003-2005 in collaboration with Arabunna Elder Kevin Buzzacott, broadcast nationally in 2007-2009 on National Indigenous TV.

Join the ‘Minister for Invasion Affairs’, vote now to de-colonize Australia and follow Aboriginal Elder Kevin Buzzacott’s thought-provoking struggle for self-determination and against racism.

In a blend of cinema verite, blaxploitation and satirical reality TV, Tallstoreez’  22-min hybrid documentary pushes the boundaries of the genre.

Available through Video Education Australasia VEA

Winner Audience Choice Award, South Australian Short Film Festival, April 2005

Winner Best Documentary Award at the South Australian Short Film Festival, April 2005

Broadcast on Australia’s National Indigenous TV NITV in July 2007.

Festivals include:

  • EthnoFilmFest Berlin, Germany, November 2007

  • FIFO International Documentary Film Festival, Tahiti, February 2007

  • The Dreaming Festival, Queensland 2006

  • Transmediale.06, Berlin, Germany, February 2006

  • East Timor Film Festival, Sydney January 2006

  • Sydney Indigenous Arts Festival 2005

  • Melbourne Underground Film Festival MUFF 2005

  • electrofringe 2005 Newcastle

  • WildSpaces Film Festival 2005 Australia

  • SA Short Film Festival, Adelaide, 2005

Partners

Naomi Klein’s Fences and Windows Fund

Search Foundation

Media Resource Centre

In 2004-2006, broadcast Tags 2005, Indigenous, NITV, Kevin Buzzacott, First Fleet Back, racism

Holiday Camp - anti-racist documentary

July 28, 2002 Carl Kuddell

2min trailer + 50min documentary 2002 July - Woomera SA

A confronting 1-hour documentary about refugee policy in Australia, translated into 8 languages and sold into multiple territories globally since 2002.

The pivotal action of the documentary is the 2002 Woomera refugee prison outbreak – after months of protests, including hunger strikes, 53 refugees escape during the Easter protest, supported by hundreds of outraged Australians.
After witnessing the outbreak the audience is invited to consider the complex issues arising from this border crossing; in particular the diversity of constructions about protest and activism.

Holiday Camp (Adelaide/Hamburg 2002) investigates the current Australian immigration policies, in the context of 200 years of colonization, connecting the issues of indigenous dispossession, genocide, and the incarceration of refugees.

It explores the implications of the mandatory detention system and the construction of national borders. ‘Holiday Camp’ challenges us to consider what risks do we take…

Holiday Camp -  how is your liberation bound up with mine?

The film screened in over 300 festivals and events around the world.
Selected screenings:

  • Documentary Film Festival Cairns, Australia, (July 2005)

  • SHURIFF (Seoul Human Rights Film Festival), South Korea (21-26 May 2004)

  • World Social Forum Film Festival, Mumbai, India (16-21 January 2004)

  • DOCOMANIA, New Plymouth, New Zealand, (7+8 November 2003)

  • WildSpaces Film Festival, 30 cites around Australia (1-3 August 03)

  • Sehsuechte03, International Students Film Festival, Berlin-Potsdam, (4 May 03)

  • Transmediale03, Berlin, Germany (4 February 03)

  • CounterConference Toronto, Canada (6 April 03)

  • 2nd European PGA-conference, Leiden, Netherlands (1-4 September 02),

  • Borderpanic Symposium, Sydney, Australia (11 September 02)

  • Electro Fringe, Newcastle, Australia (3 October 02)

  • Straight out of Brisbane (19 November 02)

  • Channel 31 Sydney and Melbourne (November 02)

  • European no-border-camp-campaign – convergences in Strasbourg, France (19- 30 July 02)

  • Jena, Germany (25-30 June 02)

In 2002-2004, broadcast Tags 2002, asylum seekers, Holiday Camp, racism, refugees, Indigenous
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